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“hanks of the cotton then andthere spun, are now in my 
*<possession, accompanied with the inventor’s own testi- 
“mony of the performance. Drawings of the machinery 
“‘ were sent, or appear to have been sent, to Mr. Cave, for 
“ insertion in the Gentleman’s Magazine. 
“ This establishment, unsupported by sufficient property, 
*‘Janguished a short time and then expired: the supplies 
«were exhausted, and the inventor much injured by the 
“experiment, but his confidence in the scheme was unim- 
“paired. The machinery was soldin 1743. A work upon 
“a larger scale on a stream of water was established at 
‘“‘ Northampton, under the direction of a Mr. Yeoman, but 
‘« with the property of Mr. Cave. The work contained 250 
‘spindles, and employed 50 pair of hands. The inventor 
**soon after examined the state of the undertaking, and 
“found great deficiency and neglect in the management, 
« At that time they had spun about 3300 pounds of cotton. 
“On the observations which he then made, he composed 
«what he entitled “ A Systematick Essay on the business of 
“ Spinning,”’ which exhibits a clear view of the mechanical 
“* considerations on which an undertaking of that nature, of 
‘« whatever magnitude, must be established, and apparently 
«confines his humble pretensions to the profit on 300 spin- 
«dles. It was not within human foresight to calculate the 
“ richness of the harvest to come from this little germ.” 
The abilities of Mr. J, Wyatt as an ingenious Mechanic, 
were unquestionable; and his various inventions are still 
well known in the neighbourhood of Birmingham, particu- 
larly in the ingenious implements in that Town’s Manufac- 
tures. The circumstance of Paul’s patent for the carding 
machine, is a strong corroborative proof of the existence 
of the little establishment at Sutton-Coldfield, and after- 
wards in Birmingham, and last of all at Northampton, 
where report says the Carding Machine had its origin, but 
it does not assign any date, or give the name of the In- 
ventor. This uncertainty appears to be removed. by the 
