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The Report of this made fo great a Noife in tlie 
Town, that in a little time my pieces of Iron were all 
begg’d away, except one little one, which I kept for my 
felf. 
I am, &c. 
Antony van Leuwenhock. 
V. Jn A count of the manner of lending J^lanks in 
His Majejlys tards at Deptford, <!^src. by a 
Sand-heat 3 indented by Captain Cumberland. 
^y Robert Cay, 
T He place, where the Planks lie to be fofened in 
the Stove, is between two Brick- Walls 5 of fuch 
a length, height and diftance from each other, as fuf- 
fice to admit the larged, or to hold a good number 
of the fmalJer Sort : the bottom is of thick Ton Plates, 
fupported by ftrong Bars ; under the middle of which, 
are two Fire-places, whofe Flews carry the Flame to- 
wards the Ends. 
The Planks are laid in Sand ; the lowed about fix 
or eight Inches above the Iron-Plates, they arc well 
cover’d with the Sand, and Boards laid over all, to 
keep in the Heat. The Sand is moidned with warm 
Water, ffor which purpofe they have a Cauldron ad- 
joyning to the Stove) and if the Timber be large, and 
intended to be very much bent, lb that it mud lie 
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