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authorized by the Commissioners to have the Machine invented by my assistant, by Mr. Macneill, (for measuring the force of traction, or the labour of horses in drawing carriages) completed, and also to have the several Districts of the Holyhead Road in England tried by it; Mr. Macneill has done so, and prepared a Statement, showing the results of the trials between London and a distance osof [sic] 153¼ Miles.

The general Results of Experiments made with a Stage Coach, on the same piece of Road, on different Inclinations and at different Rates of Velocity, are given, from which