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irivc one : the whole was his own invention. It was 

 cJone, as might be cxpcdied, in a round abo^Jt way, a 

 motion too acceiei atcd, carrddted by additional wheels ; 

 but throughout the complexity such accurate calculations 

 were the basis of his work, that when finisiieil and tried, 

 it was perfectly corre6\ without alteration. His inventive 

 talents are unquestionable. He has made a machine for 

 cutting watch pinnons ; a depthening tool ; a machine for 

 cutting and finishing watch-wheel teeth, of his own in- 

 vention ; a clock barrel and fuzee engine, made without 

 ever seeing any thing of the kind. He made a clock ; the 

 teeth of the wheels cut with a hack saw, and the balance 

 ■with a half round file. He has made an elcd^rical ma'-- 

 chine, and a powerful horse-shoe magnet. 



Upon being shewn by Mr. Munnings a common 

 barrow-drill, the delivery by a notched cylinder, he in- 

 vented and wrought an absolutely new delivery ; a brass 

 cylinder, with holes, having moveable plugs governed by 

 springs, which clear the holes or cups, throwing out the 

 seed of any size with great accuracy; and not liking the 

 api)lication of the springs on the outside of the cylinder, 

 reversed the whole ; and in a second, now making, placed 

 them most ingeniously within it. He has not yet failed 

 in any thing he has undertaken : he makes every thing 

 himself: he models, and casts them in iron and brass, 

 having a powerful wind-furnace of his own invention. It 

 is melancholy to see such a genius employed in all the 

 work cf a common blacksmith. However, he is only 23 

 vears of age, and 1 am mistaken greatly, if he does not ere 

 long move in a much higher sphere. This is not a 

 country in which such talents can long be buried : a mind 

 so occupied has had no time for vicious habits ; he is a 

 very sober honest young man, and bears an excellent 

 charadter. 



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