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XXIV. Accazmt ef a Machine for raifmg Water ^ executed 
^^Oultoiiy Clielhire, in 1772* In a Letter from 
Mr, Jahn Whitehurft to Dr, Franklin. 
BEAR SIR, 
Redcle, Mar. i6,"p j^ggUMING the modc of railing wa- 
X ter by its momentum may be new and- 
ntefal tn many individuals, induces me to fend you the 
inclofcd plan and defcription of a work, executed in tho 
year 177 2, at Oulton, in Chelhire, the feat of Philip 
EGER TUN, Efq. for the fervice of a brewhoufe and other 
offices, and is found to anfwer effectually. I am, sir, 
Your moff obedient fervant, 
JOHN WHITEHURST. 
Pleaie tnobferve,thattheeircumftancesattending this' 
water- work, require a particular attention, and are as fol- 
lows (fee TAB. VII. fig. A.) : (A) reprefents the fpring or 
original refervoir, whofe upper furface coincides with the 
horizontal line BC, and the bottom of the refervoir K. 
D the main pipe, inch diameter, and nearly two hun- 
dredtyards in length, E a branch pipe, of the former di- 
I menfions. 
