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constantly kept fen or tirehe Horses for doing' the same. 

 Then I say, such an Engine will do the work or lahour 

 of ten or twelce Horses ; and whereas this Engine may be 

 made large enough to do the work required in imploying 

 eight, ten, fifteen, or ttrentg Horses to be constantly maintained 

 and kept for doiog {sie. ) such a work ; it will be improper to stint 

 or confine its Uses and Operation in respect of Water-Mills. 



2. It may be of great Use for Palaces, for the Nobilities 

 or Gentlemens Uoune.s : For by a Cistern on the top of a 

 House, you may with a great deal of Ease, and little Charge, 

 throw what Quantity of Water you have occasion for to the 

 top of any House ; which Water in its fall, makes you what 

 sorts of Foimtaiiis you please, and supplys any Room in the 

 House. And it is of excellent Use in case of Fire, of which 

 more hereafter. 



3. Nothing can be more 7?^ for serving Cities, and Towns 

 with tvater, except a Crank- work by the force of a River. In 

 the Composing such sort of Engines, I think no Person hath 

 excelled the Ingenious Mr. George Sorocold. But where 

 they are forced to Use Horses, or any other strength, I believe 

 no Ingenious Person will deny this Engine to have the 

 Preference in all Respects, being of more Universal Use than 

 any yet Discovered or Invented. 



4. As for Braining Fens and Ifarshes, &c. I suppose I 

 need say no more than this, That that Force which will 

 Raise great Quantities of TFater a height of above 80 Foot, 

 must necessarily deliver a much greater Quantity at a lesser 

 height. And that it is much cheaper, and every way easier, 

 especially where Coals are Water-borne, to continue the 

 Discharge of any Quantities of Water by our Engine, than 

 it can be done by any Horse-Engines whatsoever. 



6. I believe it may be made very useful to Ships, but I 

 dare not meddle with that matter; and leave it to the 

 Judgment of those who are the best Judges of Maritain 

 Affairs. 



6. For Braining of Mines and Coal- Fits, the Use of the 

 E7igine will sufficiently recommend it self, in raising Water so 

 easie and cheap ; and I do not doubt, but that in a few years, 



