Thomas Beddoes to James Watt, 9 February [1798]

Dear Sir

I shall be much obliged by the drawings of Black’s furnace as soon as you can send them – I can get it made it here – I do not know what is the ordinary size –but I have seen some too small, I think, for evaporation – as I have one of the large air-apparatuses – so that furnace will do –

I shall desire Mr Keir to send you Mr Scotts recent publication & when I get a few sheets of the new collection now printing, will forward them –

My reasons for introducing the sheep was to have a substitute for cow breath – which though I believe to be useless, I have no demonstration of its being so –

I see & perhaps you have seen in the 70^th fo. of Ann. de Chemie that they recommend a contraction about 25 millimetres above the origin of the flame in Argand’s lamp –

I am Dear Sir
Your obliged

Thomas Beddoes

9 Feb

Address: Mr Watt / Heathfield / Birmingham
Endorsement: Dr Beddoes / Feb^y 9 1798
MS: LoB MS 3219/4/29/29

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