R4/608/27

Robert Salmon's experiments with various implements, machinery, etc

1794-1816

From: 1794 To: 1816

Includes stacking and moving bricks, 1794; covering roofs with a mixture of tar and chalk, 1794; computation of expense in erecting, maintaining and working a steam engine "with a power of Eight Horses Perpetually for one Year excepting Sundays or 52 other days", with computation of earnings over the same period, 1794; letter regarding steam engine and threshing machine from John Rastrick to Henry Holland [John Rastrick was an engineer and machinist, and father of John Urpeth Rastrick, the well-known civil engineer responsible for a number of improvements in steam engineers and who was articled to his father in 1795 - see DNB]. Rastrick complains of the millwrights in the neighbourhood of Newport Pagnell - he usually sends a good workman to give directions - also apprehensive of his plans being copied 1794; papers regarding experiments at Park Farm mill, 1796; design for a thrashing machine, 1797; particulars of thrashing mills, 1797; calculations on water "running waste from the Shoulder of Mutton Pond, 1797-8; note and sketches of Buckinghamshire dairies - Aylesbury & Bierton, 1797; experiments on Mr Salmon's chaffcutter, 1797; recipe for Mr Biggins cement - to increase "plasticity ... add of the commonest hard Suffolk or Darby Cheese, grated, a quantity equal to one third of the lime", 1797; Earl Stanhope's "composition for flat roofs" - a mixture of tar, chalk, and sand, 1798; advertisements for Wilson's patent "for combining timber," Beatson's "horizontal windmills, watermills, pumps," etc., and Cooper's "mashing machine; 1798; recipe for liquid manure, 1799; advertisment for patent metallic cement, 1801; advertisement for Chieslie and Yowle's patent implements and machines - long list of agricultural implements and tools, 1802; recipe for "Forsyth's Compo" - using cow dung, lime rubbish, wood ashes, pit or river sand, reduced with urine and soap suds to consistancy of thick paint, 1805; brick making experiments with different amounts of sand and clay, 1807; Account of work done with steam engine Woburn Park Farm, 1808-9; Robert Salmon's letter to a magazine on the sizes of wheels and axletrees, 1808; Berwickshire manner of twitching hedges, 1808; Salmon's experiments on thrashing corn with the steam engine at Part Farm with observations on the most efficient method of working it, 1809; Advertisement for a "self-operating fire-escape, 1810; Salmon's notes on "Mr Rickman's threshing machine", 1810; advertisement for Mr. Long's patent horizontal wind sail or Mill manufactured by Wilson of Leicester, 1812; draft letter by Salmon to the Duke on the size of farm carts, 1813; Salmon's objections to some of "Passmores" patents - commences with a short biography of Salmon, i.e. "A Mechanic - has a knowledge of most sorts of Machinery, - professionally conversant therein many years - Has invented many Machines and secured various Premiums from the Society of Arts & Board of Agriculture &c. Agent to the Duke of Bedford and has been director of his improvements near 30 Years - Had formerly a Manufactory of Agricultural Implements - but has had no Interest therein either directly or indirectly for several Years. In 1796 Invented a Machine for cutting Chaff. In 1797 Received from Society of Arts 30 guineas and a Medal for the same" Goes on to say that he has seen Passmores strawcutter and sees no difference in principle; his specification is imperfect and not sufficient to put into any workman's hand for construction. Also objects to other machinery that Passmore has 'patented'. "Saw Mr Passmore some Years ago exhibiting his Machines at the Annual Meeting at Woburn - told him he had taken up my Invention - He replied he had never seen mine before his Patent was taken out", 1813; directions for whitewashing and distemper colouring, 1813; mortar experiment - eight different mixtures, 1816; iron hurdles, description & prices, increase sketch of type made at Derby and used at Oakley, 1816; "Estimate for Proposed Improvements to the Mill by working it with Water", 1816; Salmon's notes on Mr Weekes 'Merlin' scales for weighing, 1818; specification and estimate for a threshing machine "to be drove by Six Horses ... the Horse Wheel to be 14 foot 6 inshe Deameter". On dorse another specification and estimate for a similar machine "to be Drove by foure Horses ...the Horse Wheel 14 foot 2 inshes Deameter", at Priestley Farm, 1819; expence of burning bricks at Pipewells Field for new kitchen gardens, Woburn Abbey, undated; letter draining tiles - sizes, prices, and number in stock, 1820; weight of waggons & carts "that bring Materials to Crawley Kiln, undated; chaffcutting experiments, undated; Salmon's notes on gates - types, notes on construction with sketches, undated paper watermarked, 1805.

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Rastrick, John,
Holland, Henry,
Rastrick, John Urpeth,
Salmon, Robert,
Biggins,
Stanhope,
Wilson,
Beatson,
Cooper,
Chieslie,
Yowle,
Forsyth,
Rickman,
Long,
Duke of Bedford,
Passmore,
Board of Agriculture,
Weekes

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