IMPROVEMENT OF RYE HARBOUR. ' O^ 



was not able to difcover it, without doubt this was caufed by do Influence th 

 the (mall portions of falts which I expofed to the a6tion of the ch3ngts in faUs 

 aUnofphere. Some chemift more fortunate vyill determine it, 

 by operating on large mafles, comparing experiments made in 

 many different feafons, and keeping a regifter of the electrical 

 ftate of the atmofphere, of the water of cryftallization which 

 the falts contain, of their divifion, and of the furface which 

 they prefent to the air. 



In a labour which would require more than 3000 experi- Extenfive re- 

 ments, the i;^vv fads which I have obferved are too few, earc * 

 and perhaps too little important to engage any one to under- 

 take fuch prolonged and minute experiments; but I have 

 given a table of deliquefcent falts arranged according to their 

 attraction for water, and I dare hope, that the refults of it 

 w ill not be altogether ufelefs. 



IV. 



Account of the fmple and eafy Means by which the Harbour of 

 Rye xvas rcftored, and made navigable for Ships of confiderabk 

 Burthen. By the Rev. Daniel Pape *. 



Memorial of Rye Harbour. 



JtvYE Harbour, once fo very fafe and convenient for pafllng Decayed ftate of 



yeflels up or down the channel, to run to in diftrefs or in pre-. ye H , arbour * 



. r in 1796. 



carious weather, had been for many years, and from various 



caufes, in a gradual ftate of decay, infornuch that in the 



years (I believe) 1795 and J796, it was thought neceflary to 



fend Captain , from the Trinity-Houfe, to make a 



furvey, and report to the Board its then ftate, and the pro- Survey and 



bability of its improvement or redemption. The furvey was re P ort > 



made, I believe, with confiderable care and attention ; and 



the refult was, that the harbour was pronounced loft, or in that the Harbour 



fiich an irreparable decayed ftate, that it was an ufeIefs Was irre P arab,e ' 



expenfe to the (hips palling, which paid tonnage to it ; and 



therefore this tonnage was taken from Rye, and given to 



Ramfgate Harbour, leaving however a referve in the hands of 



tjie commiffioners of 6000/. 



* From his communication to the Society of Arts, who voted 

 fcim the gold medal. See their Tranfa&ions, Vol. XXII. 



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