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extent and severity any subsequent crisis, Mr. 
Ewart’s connexion with Mr. Oldknow was dis- 
solved after the lapse of a year. In 1798, he 
commenced the business of Cotton Spinning in 
Manchester, first as a partner of the late Mr. 
Greg, and he afterwards continued that employ- 
ment alone till 1835. He then ceased to reside 
in Manchester, having been appointed, (mainly 
through the powerful recommendation of Mr. 
James Watt,) Chief Engineer and Inspector of 
Machinery in His Majesty’s Dockyards. He 
removed to his official residence in the Royal 
Dockyard, Woolwich, where he died September 
15th, 1842, in consequence of a severe injury, 
- inflicted by the sudden breaking of a chain, while 
he was superintending the removal of a large 
boiler. 
Mr. Ewart became a member of this Society 
January, 1798, and was elected to the honorable 
station of Vice-President in April, 1812, an office 
he continued to fill to the period of his leaving 
Manchester. 
From the foregoing brief outline of the principal 
events of Mr. Ewart’s life, it will be manifest, 
that during the largest portion of his career,—his 
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