Letter concerning Mr Eyre's experiments in drawing bars with horse- and water-mills
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Novem. 19. 1714.
May it please yor Lordp
I have spoke wth Mr Eyres, & his Answer is, that he can make make the experiment in a horse-mill, & within a week will deliver into the Mint an hundred weight of barrs drawn after the manner proposed by him. But a water-mill is cheaper & goes with more streng{illeg}th for making dispatch with fewer draughts & less wast of the metal & so enables him to perform the undertaking at a cheaper rate.
I am
My Lord
Yor Lops most humble
& most obedt servant
Is: Newton
<52v><text in Unknown Hand begins>Sir Isaac Newton
read 19th Novr. 1714.
My Lords desire Mr. Eyres to go on wth all the Expediou that may be.
Earl of Halifax
Source
T 1/182.9, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK19 November 1714, c. 123 words.