The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-05-19

and It's various parts are fabricated and
adapted rogerher with rhe fame reou=
larity, nearnels, and expedition, that
dittinguifh all the operations of their
mandatory. Theft engines are after,
wards dittributed TO all parts of the
Kingdom by The Birmingham canal,
winch communicates with wet dock
belonging to the foundery.
To iich amazing perfection has the
team engine atlengrh beenjbroughr, that
the coniumption OF one buihel OF New
cattle Goals will raife nearly fix thoufsnd
hogiheads of Water ten feet high. and
and will do the work of ten horfes for
ore hour. This remarkable abridga-
nlent Of htnan labo,ir, and proportio-
nate diniRution of expence are, IL &
great nieaiure, the refilt of trials made
under the auspices of Mr.. Bouston.
Fora complete account of thefe ma
chimes, their power, &c. We refer the
reader TO DR.. Darwin Botanic Garden,
1t could fcarceiy be expected thai
envy would view with indifference,
tuch iipgular merit, and fuch I'm
| exafnpled fuccefs. The inventions
and improvements of Mefrs. BcaIton
| and Watt were tirf inflated, and chen
either decried or disputed. Eeafoh "a
boured in vain TO filence the clarnou4s
ofinjutficey and defeat the Rratagems of
fraud. At length; in the year 17eas
lolemn decilion of Parliament, and,
about the fame time, the concurrenf
opinion OF 5he Court OF Kings Bench,
forbad any further encroachnenrs.
] he lait difcovery for which Mr..
Boulton obtained a patent, was the ln-
Portant q Method of rafting Water
e and other Fluids - an ample def
crlPrlons of which our readers Will find
in the Monthly Magazine, publ
carton which is in every body's hands:
The ufes 60 which this engine NAV be
applied are various belides the raifino
| OF water for the hle of brewers; &c. t
! may be employed in rafting water for
iait works, in draining fnarfhes, and
pumping thlps, and fupplying Will. wa
| ter thoie Canals that are. carried over OF
by the fide of rivers. One great excel
/ lence Of this apparatus is, thar it REQUIRES
| no expence of fuel, nos attention fro44
! workmen. When once let a going. is
| will work of Itself without any trott5le,
requiring orly to De now and then in
1pectca and kept in repair.
Whoeyer conremplares the merit and
titlilty of lorg life, devoted TO fucb
important Purivirs, as We have here
briefly and very impere6tly deicribed;
and Fccoliects without Emotion, thar
tile lPot wherein 70 much has been done.
and IS fill doing where hundreds of men,
women, and children eafily earn COM
iorfable lubtiltence,~ where poDh.
.ation Is rapidly encreaGng, and the
means OF national PROPERTY IN proper
non, was lately a bleak, swa1npy, and
tterile waite, muit want understanding
TO comprehend, or iympathy to appre-
ciate, the happiness Of his fellow-erea.
lures.
Mr.. Boulton is now III his seventy.
third year, and ne appears to podefs the
hilarity of youth. Extraordinary exer-
tlons, often both of body and mind,
ieem nor to have impaired eonfitu-
ton, which mutt have been naturally
robu9. He is fond ofmuGc, and takes
great delight in the company Of young
people. One ion, . young man Of conf
derable accomplishment and great pro-
mile in his fathers line, and one dahpL-
ter, beth Of them unmarried, have fur
ytyed their mother. Mir Boultoa Is
fellow OF the Royal Societies Of Lon
don and Edinburgh, and Of the Free
Economical SocieCy&of Petersburg, as
as well as Of many other foreign inl(itu.