Memorandum for Captain Trevithick about boilers

PART OF:
Autographed Memoranda relating to Capt. Richard Trevithick
part of archive:
Autographed Memoranda relating to Capt. Richard Trevithick

This draft of a statement cites the benefits to the nation resulting from Trevithick's inventions, including a quantitative estimate of the savings made by the introduction of high-pressure steam engines into Cornish mines (Poldice, Consolidated, Dolcoath).

Details

Measurements:
folded
315.00mm (height)
190.00mm (width)
overall
315.00mm (height)
380.00mm (width)
Extent:
4 pages on 1 sheet
Identifier:
MS/1153/1
Access:
Open Access
rights:
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