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Ref No	DM1306/11/1/5/folio 355
Title	Letter from James H. Parsons to J. Yates, secretary of the Eastern Steam Navigation Company
Description	Written from 69 Acton Street, Grays Inn Road, London. The letter responds to Yates' advertisement in The Builder by suggesting Parson's way of solving the problems with the launching of the Eastern Steam Navigation company's ship. Parson's solution is to set a row of mortars firing simultaneously at the cradles on which the ship is resting, thus giving a concussive force equal to the hydraulic force that the company are trying to achieve and for the very nominal cost of the gunpowder.
Date	22 December 1857
Format	Manuscript volume
Extent	1 page
Access Conditions	This material is held at the Brunel Institute - please contact the Brunel Institute to arrange access.

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