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them j who notwithftanding encouraged me, by tell- 
ing me my Labour was not in vain, for that the In- 
ftrument might ftill be of good Service, by makine 
Tables to reftify the different Revolutions. ^ ® 
Opnjm Jrongly indulged is rarely parted 
’With ; the Truth of which I find in my felf ; for al- 
though Dr^ LteJdgulierSy Mr. Molyneux^ and Mr 
s'Grayefand did jointly agree as to this Invention* 
yet ftill did I entertain forae llender Thoughts that 
it muft anfwer the Purpofe, in the Manner I had pro- 
pofed. For when I confidered, that I had two Fathom 
of Rope out on the Dutch Canal, which was but c 
or (S Feet deep, and that the Fork of my Machine 
weighed about three Pounds, or three and a half 
and was two Feet and a half in Length, I thought it 
not unreafonable to fuppofe, that its Weight, in the 
floweft Motion of the Veffel, might occafion it to 
ftrike Ground, and confequently impede its Motion 
and leffen the Number of Revolutions as above. Of 
this I had been fully fatisfied whilft in Holland- but 
fearing to lofe my Paifage in the Yacht, on Boa’rd of 
which I had embarked by Order of the Lords Com- 
miflioners of the Admiralty, I ' was obliged to haften 
over. 
Not long after I came to England died my wor- 
thy Patron Mr. Molyneux, in whom all Men of 
Learning and Ingenuity loft a Friend j and as 'there 
was now but little Hope of my going over to Hol~ 
laud in the Manner I had done before, I was notwith- 
ftanding refolved to take that Journey at my owii 
Expence ; and accordingly did fo, where I no 
focner began my Experiments, but I was convin- 
ced of the Truth of the Objeftions of the three 
learned' 
