442 Analyses of a Series of Papers, by Mr. C. Bell, 



and they admit of easy proof, — I will leave it to the judgement 

 of any impartial man whether I have been guilty of falsehood 

 in claiming the invention, qualified as that claim is by a pro- 

 per acknowledgement of Mr. D. Gordon's priority. 



I beg here to observe, that in publishing a description of 

 the pump in question, I had not the slightest idea of giving 

 any offence to Mr. Martineau, as such publication was ac- 

 tually contemplated by me while I was in his employ. You, 

 Gentlemen, may remember that I promised you the description 

 of this pump at the time I furnished you with the account of 

 my high pressure gauge : at that period I considered myself 

 in the enjoyment of Mr. Martineau's approbation and confi- 

 dence. I have also to remark, that when he wished to make 

 me a compensation for an invention of mine, I unhesitatingly 

 refused to take any reward, as I considered myself bound, 

 while in his employ, to do every thing in my power to promote 

 his interests, — a conduct on my part which I conceive was de- 

 serving of a different return from the one I have met with. 



I will now beg to ask Mr. Martineau, who the person is 

 that he conceives is entitled to the credit of the invention ; 

 who was the person who suggested the " essential parts of the 

 pump" and what these are ; who instructed or directed me in 

 preparing the drawings for the same ; and also whether any 

 machine of the kind was ever made or attempted in his or any 

 other factory before I submitted to him my plan ? If he will 

 candidly answer the foregoing queries, it may be the means 

 of throwing some light upon this mystery. Your kind inser- 

 tion* of this will particularly oblige Yours, &c. 

 Cornwall, Nov. 13, 1824. Samuel Seaward. 



LXXVIII. Analyses of a Series of Papers on the Structure, 

 Distribution, and Functions of the Nerves ,■ by Charles 

 Bell, Esq.; which have appeared in some late Volumes of the 

 Philosophical Transactions. 



[Concluded from p. 359.] 

 VI7~E were engaged in our last Number in considering the 

 * * provision which exists for preserving the eye-ball from 

 injury by the involuntary winking of the eyelids, as pointed out 

 by Mr. Bell, and which instinctive action was seen to depend 

 on some minute branches of the portio dura of the face sup- 

 plying those parts : but the author, in the first part of the pa- 



* We have inserted this letter in compliance with an urgent claim made 

 on us on the part of Mr. Seaward, although, as the apparatus has we learn 

 failed to answer the purpose for which it was intended, the subject has 

 cea=ed to be of public importance. — Edit. 



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