314 Mr. Genet’s Reply to Dr. Jones. 
and Great Britain. Arrived in London with the Count, Ff 
‘declined being introduced to the court, an honour Wath 
mu my time, and being sup- 
; chefoucault, the Marquis de 
isier, get Sage and Brissog, my 
ents in England I sched. 
ous members of 
the of the other so- 
cieties devoted to the promotion of a weefal arts, to the va- 
pid pleasures of the more brilliant circles of St James. By 
means of those dignitaries in the court of the Muses, E 
was favoured with uncommon opportunities of exploring alk 
the sources of information which London offered to my ad- 
miration, particularly in the mechanic arts. The famous 
steam mills and other machines moved by the power of steam, 
did not escape my close attention, and anxious ta see _the 
place, where these wonderful machines en Scuanil 
rfected and manufactured, [ went to Waren ghaith, st rong- 
+ ee ne to’ Dr. Priestly, and to Messrs. Watt ane 
on.* 
5" 
* My pe eo Na yah Mr. Bolton was not limited to my stay at Bir- 
minghain. On my retu a from England, I reported to the 48 oy Saha 
: finances and of the na nders | 
a en the li 
Marie oe my hension, that the admirable marhines, the large 
bem >» and the supe 
aglish eat 100, weeks render very hazardous the liberal treaty of commerce, 
omists were niess i 
which the Frenc e then urging with that countr’ im- 
ediat sures were t improve several very backward ee 
alts in I was ected, accorc nel, to invite Mr. Bolton, or 
Vatt to repair to versie. and to hold up o them great encourage- 
sateti or ar patents and their ria m-engines. Mr. Bolton 
came with his son, (whom he seat uanter my care td learn the 
French ace and to partake in the exercises of the young nobility, at 
Versailles.) [assisted as sacl pecet a t all the jimciibeds f Mr. Bolton with 
M. de Calome Comptrolleur a of the finances, and the snctonn a 
_ Castries, minister of the vy. It ications at 
patents, and Lremember perfe y's well, 
tions which that great manufacturer made 
could be effected of the steam 
r, hei i 
_ zontal rotatory motion of mill-stones, which he had aGiceted with many oth- 
ers, differin, @ but oe the a 1 s 
little fro: 1 motion of paddle-wheels. But a 
cotton, amps, ~ e the principal o| a in 
at time, Sst bis % was improved. was reserved for the pat- 
ering spirit of the illustrious "hy Se ee anal his in- 
rte ™ t ich and the United States, 
-atelinenian of a power, the iecatenkianil =o: te of 
“excepting the € said successful application, is as much 
