Discussing The Possible Uses For An Invention He S Working On And Its Possible Shipment For Use In

by Massachusetts Congressman Maine Public Official Inventor James Madison

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Small 4to 22 cm . Bifolio of four pages, approximately 550 words, in part: Responding to a recent letter from the Ex-President: “With a view to ascertain by experiment the use of a machine most notable for different horse power, I am now constructing one at Salem, designed, nearly as I could calculate from theory, for two horse power, which I expect will be completed in about a fortnight … I am at this time uninformed of the extent & population of the counties you mention;

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