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Mr. Smeaton’s report of the 7th of July lad, made in confequence of cur letter,dated July 1, having been read to the meeting,

Refolved, That the faid report he approved of, and that the necedfary fteps betaken, as foon as convenient, to make fuch trials and experiments of the ufe anddiftribution of the water, according to the tables contained in the faid report.

Refolved, That Mr. Smeatos be requefted to give the company a fcheme andplan of the boring-mill mentioned in his report, as foon as it fuits his conveniency.

Refolved, That the thanks of the meeting be tranfmitted to Mr. Smeaton, as amark cf the fenfe they entertain of the attention he is pleafed to pay to their works.

Cha. Gascoyne, P.

Some Remarks concerning the defign for a double boring mill for cylinders and guns,to be eredted upon the tail-water of the Carron works.

I propole the machine to be eredted upon the oppofite fide of the tail water-courfeto that on which the blafl furnaces Hand, and in any part of the yard that upon thewhole fhall be thought moll convenient, which depending upon a great number of cir-cumftances that I cannont be acquainted with, mull be judged of by the Company;nor is it all material to the adtion of the machines whether they ftand as clofe to thiswater-courfe as they can well be difpofed of, or be carried further into the yard. Ac-cording to the general defign No. 1, it is propofed to turn the tail water-courfe of thefemills a quarter round, fo as to proceed nearly in a parallel diredtion to that cf theprefent courfe to Stenhoufe mills, and to fall into the tail water-courfe at Stenhoufe mills,at fuch point as fhall be thought moll convenient on account of digging, reparation oflands, &c. but in cafe the tail water-courfe is made to fall into that of Stenhoufe , abovethe lowed: point, to which Mr. Laurie levelled, it will be necefifary to clear up fomuch of the old water courfe as fhall prevent any material lofs of fall between thatlowed: point and the falling in of the new water-courfe.

Mr. Laurie makes a fall of 8 feet 5 inches from the bottom of the furnace tail lead,at the lower fide of the bridge next below the boring-houfe, to the lowed: point to which

he