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fubfifiing between the Arts. 
But to proceed to our Plan. 
The firft objecft of this fcheme is—To provide 
a public: repository among us for chemical 
and mechanic knowledge. 
“ In order to this, I could vvifh models to be 
procured, of all fuch machines, in the various 
arts, as feem to bear the moft diftant relation 
to our own manufactures. All the proceffes in 
thofe of Silk, of Woollen , of Linen, and of 
Cotton, Ihould be here delineated. Thefe would 
make the moft neceffary, and important parts 
of this collection. But to thefe might, with 
great advantage, be added, the aftonilhing 
effects of Mechanic Genius in other branches, 
which have not fo apparent an affinity with our 
own. 
“ In this repository, let there be, likewife, 
provided, an affortment of the feveral ingredients 
ufed in dying, printing, &c. for the purpofe 
of experiments. 
“ A superintendant will be neceffary, to 
arrange, and to apply this collection to its proper 
ufe. He ffiould be a man, well verfed in che¬ 
mical, and mechanic knowledge. And let his 
province be, at certain feafons, and under certain 
regulations, to give lectures, advice, and aj- 
fijlance, to thofe who wifh to obtain a better 
knowledge of thefe arts. 
<f Laftly; let the expence, neceffary to open, and 
to fupport the fcheme, be defrayed by a JubJcrip- 
G 3 tion: 
