Lives of Boulton and Watt. Principally from the original Soho mss. Comprising also a history of the invention and introduction of the steam engine (1865)
Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 · Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott and company; · leaf 177
. It was originally intended to employ Mr.Smeaton; btit as his charge was ten pounds, whichwas thought too high, Watt was employed in hisstead. The Burgh minutes record that, after the Acthad been obtained in 1770, Baillie i^aismith was ap-pointed to proceed to Glasgow to see Mr. Watt on thesubject… … HAMILTON BRIDGE. this : it is to be of five arches and 220 feet wateiway,founded upon piles on a muddy bottom. ^ The bridge,after Watts plan, was begun in 1771, but it was notfinished until 1780. About the same time Watt prepared plans of docksand piers at Port Glasgow, and of a new harbour at ^…
