for House Use or Sea Stores. S13 



submit a few ideas tending to promote such a beneficial ob- 

 ject by doing it in large quantities ; for which purpose suf- 

 ficiently extensive premises must be fitted up, with a proper 

 number of shelves, one above another, at a distance of about 

 five inches. j 



The vessel for scalding the fruit in, should be a long 

 wooden trough of six, eight, or ten feet in length, two or 

 three in breadth, and one in depth, fitted with laths across 

 to keep the bottles upright, and from falling against one 

 another ; this trough of water to have the beat communi- 

 cated to it by steam, through a pipe from a closed boiler at 

 a little distance. The boiling water wanted to fill the bottles 

 with, may be conveyed through a pipe and cock over the 

 trough, by which arrangement, many hundreds of bottle* 

 might be done in a short time. It may be prudent to ob- 

 serve that this idea' is only speculative, not having been ac- 

 tually practised, but at the same time seems to carry with 

 it a great probability of success, and worthy the experi- 

 ment. 



ft remains now that I state some reason or object for 

 troubling the Society, whom I have taken the liberty to ad- 

 dress, with these communications. The first is a desire of 

 publicity, sanctioned by their investigation of the experi- 

 ments made for preserving fruit without sugar, thereby les- 

 sening the expense attending an object of so much public 

 benefit and utility. The second arises from a personal or 

 private consideration ; but on this subject I shall only ob- 

 serve, that I wish to throw myself entirely on that protec- 

 tion which has ever characterized the liberality of the Society; 

 and that I shall feel highly honoured if they conceive what I 

 have communicated deserving any mark of their favour. 

 I am, Gentlemen, 



Your most obedient humble servant, 



Wood Street, London, THOMAS SaPDINGTON. 



January 1, 1808. f 



To the Society of Arts, &c. 



O 3 XXXVI. Me- 



