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 * - Descending screws with ponderous fly-wheels wound

" Hard dies of steel the cupreous circles cramp,

iC And with quick fall, his massy hammers stamp.

" The harp, the lily, and the lion join,

iC And George and Britain guard the splendid coin."

DARWIN.

Rolled metals of all kind of mixtures, by Matthew Boulton. Iron foundery, patent steam-engines, with rotative motions for mills of every kind, or with reciprocating motions for pumps or mines, or for any other mechanical purposes requiring differ- ent powers, from one to two hundred horses acting together. Pneumatical apparatus, large or port- able, for preparing medicinal airs; by Boulton, Watt, and .sons. Copying machines, large for counting-houses, and portable for travellers; by the sons of Messrs. Boulton and Watt, under the firm of J. Watt and Co. Mercantile trade carried on in Birmingham to Europe and America; by Matthew Boulton.

As much praise is due to the highly-gifted pro- prietors of Soho for their attention to morals, as to scientific improvements, in their extensive works; which has shewn itself in the orderly and citizen- like behaviour of the little army of labourers em- ployed upon them. All is decorum, cleanliness, and decency, throughout the works; the pleasing rllecls of good example and wise regulations.

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