ENGINES FOR SOUTH AMERICA. 1!> ( J 



" All these castings must be delivered in Cornwall in four 

 months from the time the orders are given ; therefore, if you 

 take the job, or any part of it, you must enter into an engage 

 ment to fulfil it in the time. As there ought not to be a 

 moment lost, I wish you to answer me immediately in what time 

 you will deliver those materials in Cornwall ; or otherways, what 

 part of them you can execute in the time. 



" I am making the drawing, which will be ready before I can 

 receive your answer. For whatever part of the job you may 

 engage I will lodge the money to pay for the whole in Mr. Fox's 

 hands, which will then be paid for before you begin the work, as 

 soon as you execute the agreement. 



" R. T. 



" MR. PENGILLY, Neath Abbey, South Wales" 



It is an odd coincidence that while writing of the 

 events of fifty-eight years ago, pumping engines are 

 being sent to those same mines with the steam-cylinder 

 in twenty-two pieces, no piece to weigh more than 

 300 Ibs. a facility in mechanical arrangements not 

 enjoyed by Trevithick having Trevithick's high-pres- 

 sure boilers, giving steam of 50 Ibs. on the inch. 1 



[Rough draft.] 



SlR. "CAMBORNE, June 2nd, 1813. 



" I drop you this note just to inform you that I have 

 begun your job. Yesterday I engaged a great many smiths and 

 boiler-builders, who set to work this morning. I have also 

 engaged all the boiler-plates in the county, which will be sent 

 to-day to the different workmen. The master-smiths that I have 

 engaged are the best in the kingdom. I have obligated them 

 to put the best quality of iron, and to be delivered at Fal mouth 

 within four months. I have been obliged to give them a greater 

 price than I expected, otherwise they would not turn aside their 

 usual business employment for a short job of four months. 

 " Mr. Teague is with me, and one other, assisting about the 



1 Made by Harvey and Co., Hayle, 1870. 



