| Description | Written from Clifton Wood House, Clifton, Bristol. The letter reminds Brunel that Mackworth has previously sent him a letter about Mackworth's improved system for loading coal. The letter briefly explains the rate of loading that can be achieved with an endless band of given size and composition and suggests how the system might be incorporated on board the Great Eastern to move coal around the ship and offers to install an endless band on the Great Eastern which could be worked by the auxiliary engines. There is an annotation written upside down across the lower half of the second side detailing the response to be given, explaining that Brunel acknowledges the letter. |