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a $ dNiii ifes ^ ceftte there is a ? preserve- for fish—^ constructed no' doubt , for thie aceommodatidn of sudh of the
Directors ias find themselves finable to *< catch" elsewhere . Truljr it was a pleasant sight to walk round it ; and see that
fisli were actually there , and to acknowledge the familiar nods wherewith they frequently gave us a momentary salutation at the surface .
We obtained admission to see the Works * , on presenting our friend's and our own card to the Secretary , who , it seems , is the acting-manager of the whole
concern . What a scene presented itself ! From green fields , running streams , and flowering gardens , the next moment we found ourselves ,
on passing through a narrow passage and a single door , in the ve * ry thick of all manner of grittr and terrible operations . What ; with the intense furnaces ; th $ glitter of thi& running metals * 'the thunder of the mecha-| ^ % m « j m »/»» " ^ - * w * * * jm m * v ^ - ** s at i ^ r ^ . v- ' - ^ - * . » , » , % / ^^— , » * sm
nical haminets , each weighing nfeariy VLtotv ; the furious whirling < of » nrqn I fly-wheels ; the d ^ adfy calm , yet tre * ne * idous revolutioik of this breakittg-down rollers ; the passing-by of a gangfi ^ me'n With huge long- ^ handed t ladles full of melted
coppery i « ' \^ hi ^ h ^ hr ^ ed-hot faees ;^^ Screwed ; ujpi with an exp ^ esfi don tx > ' ra ^ tchj- ^ mig ^ ht 'bte piaiiriyifieeb 5 as ^ also the d ^ i rimirFdrefy »> ghiaslJ ^ ' tedW of the fauesi of fthose ^ h » v ; ^ ouved > QW tW lnblteH < 3 ? infe into theniotiM 4 J while tfac pauses % the cottthfs ^ si < m > tAf Ihe hamrfcers ^ ere ^ lled
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up by the gafcbfe of ffi ^ Weloft laii ^ aaig ^ ^ WhaiWith ^ lll ifeese things we ibund ; ourselves fixed to the spbt , ii 6 t" d ^ irmg for several ttiuitites to go % step further . After the effect of the first impression tipbh the senses had become moiderateid , we soort perceived tliat ariiidst thfe apparent confusioli there was
in reality the utmost order and precision in the respective operations . The heat of the furnaces was subject to the most strict and graduated laws , and made as obedient to the
thermometer as the cheniical conditions required . The prodigious hammers rose and fell in sequences as regular &s the pendulum of any little cloclc ; the terrific fly-wheels , whiich made their rotations with sightless celerity , were still the
creatures ot calm calculation ; the carriers of liquid metal had each his " own spoon " and his particular place in the moving ' file ; and we dare say , if we could but have Understood it , we should have found not 6 ) ily that the tongues of the W ^
lonmen meant soinethirig , but that they really tihder&tbpd each other , and discoursed With marvellous propriety cWceriiing the Work ' in hbid . { !
This-greatest novelty in t ^ hese Wort& se ^ tns ^ to lie the ! fine pttideii of mattufiictiirihg sheet atottfc ¦ Whidi m Cottitiah y have been ilic fljrts ^ to ' "bring td perffeli « : iotl " -irt ; "i ! B 8 ;\ co ^ nliy . We d 6 ^ ot lU&V 4 fi 6 ^ Was the oritiie
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 1, 1837, page 337, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1837/page/41/
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