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Month: <span>December 1787</span>

Simon Taylor to Chaloner Arcedeckne, 6 December 1787

At the end of 1787, Taylor commented on proposals by Matthew Boulton, the British entrepreneur and manufacture of steam engines, to adapt steam power to sugar mills in Jamaica. He was not fully convinced by them. […] Respecting Mr Bolton, untill he sends out modell, & letts people know the …