A
short
Account
of
the
Use
of
the
Engine
,
given
to
Secretary
Trenchard
.
THE
Engine
is
so
contriv'd
,
that
being
fix'd
to
any
Ship
,
Boat
,
or
Bark
,
&c.
in
a
Calm
,
it
will
occasion
the
Ship
to
make
fresher
way
than
Oars
,
and
near
as
fast
,
as
an
ordinary
Gale
,
when
all
the
Sails
can
be
us'd
,
which
will
be
very
useful
to
the
Royal
Navy
.
For
,
-
First
,
The
Charge
is
but
small
.
-
Secondly
,
It
does
not
lie
in
the
Sailer's
way
in
any
sort
of
Business
,
either
in
handing
their
Sails
,
Guns
,
or
otherwise
;
but
takes
up
much
less
room
than
Oars
,
and
is
easily
stowed
so
,
as
no
way
to
incommode
the
Vessel
in
a
Storm
,
or
the
like
.
-
Thirdly
,
The
work
of
this
Engine
,
is
as
Natural
to
the
Sailers
,
as
any
other
part
of
their
Business
.
-
Fourthly
,
Whereas
Oars
take
up
that
space
on
each
side
the
Vessel
,
that
they
require
some
twenty
,
thirty
or
fourty
foot
of
each
side
,
to
pass
between
other
Ships
;
now
this
doth
not
take
up
above
two
,
three
,
or
four
foot
of
a
side
.
-
Fifthly
,
This
Engine
must
be
very
useful
in
Yachts
,
Bomb-Boats
,
Sloops
,
&c.
and
of
extraordinary
use
in
Fights
,
to
tow
off
disabled
Ships
.
-
Sixthly
,
It
is
so
contriv'd
,
that
nothing
but
a
Chance
Shot
can
prejudice
it
;
the
Rolling
of
a
common
Sea
not
being
able
to
annoy
it
.
A
few
Days
after
,
the
Secretary
told
me
,
that
the
King
had
seen
my
Proposals
,
and
that
I
need
not
fear
,
for
that
the
King
had
promis'd
me
a
very
considerable
Reward
;
and
that
I
must
go
to
the
Lords
of
the
Admiralty
,
to
put
it
in
Practice
:
But
that
first
I
must
make
a
Model
of
it
in
a
Wherry
;
which
I
did
,
and
found
it
to
answer
my
Expectations
.
Then
I
shew'd
a
Draught
of
it
to
the
Lords
of
the
Admiralty
,
who
all
seem'd
to
like
it
;
and
one
amongst
them
was
pleas'd
to
say
,
That
it
was
the
best
Proposal
of
its
kind
he
ever
saw
:
So
I
was
referred
from
them
to
the
Commissioners
of
the
Navy
,
who
all
seem'd
to
like
it
;
but
told
me
,
that
the
Model
must
be
survey'd
by
Mr.
D
....
the
Surveyor
of
the
Navy
;
whose
Opinion
I
ask'd
,
but
he
was
very
reserv'd
,
and
said
,
That
a
Wherry
was
too
small
a
thing
to
shew
it
in
,
there
being
no
working
at
a
Capstand
in
a
Wherry
;
but
he
told
me
,
it
was
a
thing
of
Moment
,
and
requir'd
some
time
to
consider
on
:
For
should
I
,
said
he
,
give
a
rash
Judgment
against
it
,
I
should
injure
you
;
or
for
it
,
the
charge
of
putting
it
in
Practise
must
prove
a
loss
to
the
King
,
and
indanger
my
Employ
;
but
if
you
will
(
says
he
)
give
me
a
Draught
of
the
several
sizes
of
the
Engine
,
I
will
give
you
a
Draught
of
the
half
breadths
of
the
several
Rates
,
to
proportion
them
by
.
The
Week
following
,
one
Mr.
Fuser
Under-Surveyor
of
the
Navy
,
came
to
me
from
him
,
with
Draughts
of
the
several
half
Breadths
,
which
I
immediately
returned
with
Draughts
of
the
size
of
each
Engine
:
after
which
Mr.
D
...
would
never
discourse
me
,
or
let
me
know
one
word
of
his
Opinion
;
but
four
Months
afterwards
sent
a
Report
of
it
to
the
Lords
of
the
Admiralty
,
which
I
was
prepared
to
answer
as
follow
,
but
was
refus'd
by
their
Lordships
.
Mr.
D
...
's
Objections
answered
;
which
I
desire
the
Reader
to
take
particular
Notice
of
.
Object
.
the
first
.
That
it
is
the
same
sort
of
Engine
that
was
used
in
the
year
1682.
at
Chatham
,
for
the
Towing
of
Ships
,
the
charge
of
which
proved
a
loss
to
the
Crown
.
Ans.
I
have
heard
that
an
Engine
with
two
Wheels
in
the
Water
,
on
each
side
the
Vessel
,
was
used
for
the
Towing
of
Ships
:
But
to
shew
,
with
Submission
,
that
every
Like
is
not
the
Same
,
I
humbly
beg
Your
.
Lordships
to
consider
,
That
this
Engine
was
not
to
be
taken
in
Pieces
on
all
occasions
,
as
Mine
is
;
neither
was
the
Capstand
,
or
what
was
used
,
as
I
would
the
Capstand
of
a
Ship
,
fit
for
any
other
use
.
Whereas
by
my
Contrivance
,
the
Capstand
loses
no
part
of
its
other
Qualities
;
and
I
am
inform'd
by
very
Ingenious
Men
,
That
this
differs
from
that
in
all
its
Parts
.
Object
.
the
second
.
I
am
said
to
overlook
former
Experiments
,
and
not
to
give
one
solid
Argument
.
Answ.
I
don't
see
how
it
was
possible
for
me
to
offer
a
solid
Argument
to
Mr.
D
...
who
never
would
hear
me
,
tho'
I
desired
him
for
near
four
Months
,
that
I
might
know
what
he
had
to
object
:
Or
if
he
met
with
any
Difficulties
,
I
did
not
question
but
to
make
them
easy
;
which
he
still
denied
me
,
telling
me
,
That
he
was
throughly
Master
of
the
Thing
.
Object
.
the
third
.
That
I
assert
it
useful
for
Ships
from
two
to
twenty
two
foot
Draught
of
Water
;
whereas
the
Tow
Vessel
in
82
,
drew
but
four
and
a
half
Water
the
Outside
.
Ans.
It
is
true
:
But
I
never
said
,
That
it
was
as
easy
to
force
a
Ship
of
twenty
two
foot
Draught
of
Water
,
through
the
Water
,
as
one
of
two
.
But
I
know
very
well
,
that
if
two
foot
can
by
a
small
force
be
moved
through
the
Water
,
that
twenty
two
may
.
with
a
proportionable
Strength
be
also
moved
;
but
if
you
cannot
bring
so
great
a
Strength
proportionable
to
a
Ship's
Capstand
of
twenty
two
foot
,
the
Motion
will
be
only
so
much
the
slower
.
And
tho'
the
Tow
Vessel
in
82
,
drew
but
four
foot
and
a
half
Water
,
they
towed
the
greatest
Ships
by
the
help
of
four
,
six
or
eight
Horses
.
Be
pleas'd
to
note
,
That
an
ordinary
Horse
is
not
found
to
have
the
Strength
of
six
common
Sailers
;
so
that
fourty
six
Men
will
do
the
work
of
eight
Horses
,
whereas
I
can
bring
a
hundred
fourty
six
Men
to
work
on
this
Engine
,
which
is
not
to
Tow
by
Jerks
,
but
move
the
Ship
with
a
steddy
and
strong
Motion
,
more
agreeing
to
that
Element
,
than
any
other
Motion
whatsover
.
Object
.
the
fourth
.
The
Work
by
resistance
is
too
great
for
Horse
or
Man
.
Answ.
If
the
Objection
be
true
,
it
is
the
first
thing
of
its
kind
that
could
not
be
wrought
by
Man
or
Horse
,
and
I
believe
no
man
of
Experience
will
be
of
Mr.
D
...
's
Mind
in
this
Matter
.
Object
.
the
fifth
.
That
I
have
not
consider'd
the
Moving
equal
Bodies
gradatim
,
from
two
to
twenty
two
foot
,
besides
accidents
in
Elements
,
which
I
should
have
consider'd
by
proper
Calculations
,
and
not
light
and
frivolous
Instances
.
Answ.
This
in
my
Second
Answer
is
sufficiently
spoken
of
;
and
I
hope
the
Judicious
Reader
is
fatisfy'd
to
the
contrary
of
this
Objection
.
Object
.
the
sixth
.
Every
Body
that
hath
gravity
is
not
to
be
remov'd
locally
,
but
by
like
Body
,
which
is
superior
in
weight
,
or
by
some
Body
,
with
addition
of
purchase
artificially
plac'd
,
as
Leaver
,
Pullies
,
Capstand
,
&c.
answerable
to
the
Body
to
be
remov'd
.
Answ.
How
two
Bodies
alike
in
gravity
,
can
be
one
heavier
than
the
other
,
I
am
a
stranger
,
and
should
I
have
said
—
but
to
what
is
said
of
Purchase
artifically
placed
,
as
Leaver
,
Pulley
,
Capstand
,
&c.
answerable
to
the
Body
to
be
removed
,
I
am
ready
by
Mathematical
Demonstration
to
,
to
justify
this
Engine
to
be
no
more
than
Leaver
,
and
as
much
also
artificially
placed
,
with
full
Power
and
Purchase
.
Object
.
the
seventh
.
Whereas
the
superincombency
of
Water
is
always
equal
in
weight
to
the
Body
subsiding
in
it
:
for
nothing
lighter
will
sink
,
nor
heavier
swim
,
but
being
equal
,
subsides
by
a
just
decision
of
Nature
:
This
weight
in
the
whole
Body
of
a
Ship
whatever
it
be
,
is
to
be
removed
;
but
its
real
and
abstracted
weight
,
I
confess
is
much
abated
in
communion
with
that
Element
,
and
may
make
the
true
weight
,
which
must
lye
on
the
Purchase
or
Force
of
such
like
Engine
,
somewhat
difficult
to
be
punctually
known
;
but
in
the
room
thereof
,
we
may
venture
to
say
,
That
the
weight
of
Air
gently
filling
all
the
Sails
,
and
making
the
Body
move
a
space
a
little
more
than
is
just
perceivable
,
is
superior
,
and
not
to
be
removed
by
this
Engine
,
occupied
by
all
Men
sailing
in
the
said
Ship
.
Answ.
That
the
superincombency
of
Water
is
equal
in
weight
to
the
Body
subsiding
in
it
,
is
undeniable
,
and
of
use
to
be
known
,
for
the
sinking
of
mighty
hollow
Bodies
in
the
Water
:
Or
by
large
hollow
Bodies
to
bouge
up
any
thing
sunk
;
for
if
you
know
their
weight
,
you
may
the
better
by
this
means
proportion
your
Work
.
But
I
cannot
perceive
what
relation
this
has
to
Rowing
.
I
have
seen
one
Horse
pull
an
hundred
Tuns
through
the
Water
,
the
length
of
three
Miles
,
in
an
hour
.
But
by
the
Art
of
Man
this
Horse
could
not
have
made
the
Ship
sink
,
or
rise
three
foot
in
the
time
:
Now
't
is
said
,
That
this
Weight
,
what
ever
it
be
,
must
be
removed
;
which
a
Man's
Hand
will
do
in
a
wet
Dock
,
by
the
largest
Ship
that
ever
was
built
,
provided
the
Water
in
the
Dock
,
nor
the
Air
above
it
have
no
perceivable
Motion
,
and
the
Hausers
loose
enough
to
give
the
Ship
leave
to
move
;
and
this
Motion
shall
be
perceivable
,
tho'
I
own
very
slow
.
But
146
Men
having
146
times
the
Strength
,
will
make
the
Motion
increase
to
a
far
greater
Swiftness
,
having
continued
Purchase
,
which
all
Wheels
of
this
Engine
have
.
But
it
is
affirmed
positively
,
That
if
there
is
as
much
Wind
as
will
but
just
occasion
a
perceivable
Motion
in
the
Ship
,
it
will
be
too
strong
for
all
the
Men
in
the
Ship
to
resist
.
Now
certainly
a
Ship
in
still
Water
has
been
found
,
by
all
that
have
made
their
Remarks
,
to
be
as
inclinable
to
go
a
Head
as
a
Stern
,
and
that
the
strength
of
one
Man
(
as
I
said
before
)
can
occasion
it
either
way
;
and
I
think
it
absolutely
impossible
,
that
a
Ships
Crew
of
as
many
Men
as
are
but
in
the
smallest
Rates
,
should
not
have
more
strength
than
one
man
.
I
am
satisfied
,
that
none
but
mad-men
ever
attempted
to
Row
against
the
Wind
with
all
their
Sails
spread
,
if
there
were
a
possibility
of
furling
them
.
And
tho'
it
be
difficult
to
know
exactly
what
way
a
Vessel
will
make
in
a
Tydes
way
,
yet
a
little
experience
will
teach
us
,
that
without
all
doubt
,
as
exactly
as
Sailing
,
or
the
present
way
of
Rowing
a
Barge
,
or
the
like
.
Object
.
the
eighth
.
Nevertheless
,
when
Abatements
shall
be
made
for
infinite
Accidents
by
Winds
,
Tydes
,
Roughness
of
the
Sea
,
Misunderstandings
in
the
Working
part
,
Unevenness
and
Uncertainty
of
Mens
Strenth
,
Dislocation
,
Frictions
,
and
other
unfortunate
Incumbrances
;
such
Clock-work
under
the
weight
of
Ships
in
the
Sea
,
will
ever
be
lyable
to
:
This
Proposition
,
in
our
Opinion
,
can
never
,
by
any
known
Sailor
,
or
other
intelligent
Man
,
be
thought
practicable
at
Sea
.
Answ.
In
Winds
and
Rough
Seas
there
is
no
occasion
for
this
ENGINE
,
for
the
Sails
will
occasion
motion
enough
.
Misunderstanding
in
the
Working
Part
may
happen
,
if
a
Horse
in
a
Mill
can
go
out
this
way
,
but
not
else
.
Unevenness
and
uncertainty
in
Men's
Strength
,
may
as
well
obstruct
all
the
work
the
Sailers
have
to
do
.
Dislocations
,
&c.
my
Work-man
stall
prevent
,
or
have
nothing
for
his
Labour
.
And
I
never
offer'd
that
this
Mill-work
(
which
is
call'd
Clock-work
)
should
support
the
weight
of
Ships
in
the
Sea
.
For
since
I
began
this
Design
,
I
have
shewn
the
Draught
to
several
Sailers
,
as
well
as
other
Intelligent
Gentlemen
,
which
I
am
sure
in
number
are
above
two
hundred
,
but
have
not
met
with
any
one
that
could
make
any
reasonable
Objection
,
but
what
I
soon
gave
them
full
Satisfaction
about
.
Now
I
humbly
offer
,
That
if
my
Affirmatives
can
be
esteem'd
in
ballance
with
these
Contradictions
;
That
this
ENGINE
may
be
put
in
Practice
but
on
one
Ship
,
the
charge
of
which
will
not
exceed
70
l.
the
hazard
of
which
sum
is
very
inconsiderable
,
weigh'd
against
the
Advantage
this
Engine
may
be
to
the
KING's
Service
.
When
I
sound
the
Lords
of
the
Admiralty
so
much
altered
,
that
from
commending
the
Thing
,
they
would
not
hear
one
word
in
its
defence
;
I
made
bold
to
ask
the
Opinion
of
the
greatest
Engineer
in
the
Christian
World
,
viz.
Sir
Martin
Beckman
,
who
told
me
,
That
the
thing
was
good
,
and
would
answer
my
Proposal
;
and
withall
said
,
that
His
Majesty
understood
those
things
as
well
as
any
Engineer
in
the
World
.
Upon
which
I
made
my
humble
Request
to
a
most
Noble
Lord
,
who
shew'd
a
Draught
of
it
to
the
King
;
who
being
at
that
time
very
busy
,
ordered
me
again
to
the
Almiralty
,
who
never
ordered
me
in
before
them
,
but
after
waiting
2
or
3
Days
,
the
Door-keeper
told
me
,
that
my
Business
lay
before
the
Navy
.
Upon
which
,
the
next
Day
I
desired
a
Friend
of
mine
to
go
with
me
to
the
Navy
Office
;
that
he
being
a
Man
of
Exttaordinary
Judgment
,
and
no
less
Reputation
,
might
be
an
Evidence
of
what
Discourse
might
happen
:
But
coming
to
the
Navy
Office
,
we
found
the
Board
was
rose
.
However
,
in
the
Hall
I
found
Mr.
D
....
I
as'd
him
,
Whether
any
thing
was
come
before
the
Board
concerning
my
Business
?
No
,
said
he
,
not
since
the
Objections
sent
to
the
Lords
of
the
Admiralty
;
on
which
,
he
could
not
but
fall
into
an
Argument
.
I
asked
him
some
Questions
in
relation
to
his
Objections
;
and
in
a
very
little
time
,
we
had
a
great
puther
about
superambient
Air
and
Water
.
I
found
that
my
Sailer
run
himself
fast
aground
,
as
Men
commonly
do
when
out
of
their
Knowledge
.
This
indeed
made
me
pity
him
again
,
altho'
I
was
willing
to
come
to
the
plain
truth
of
the
matter
;
and
asked
him
,
Whether
or
no
he
could
not
bring
150
Men
to
work
at
this
ENGINE
?
He
answered
,
Yes
.
Then
said
I
,
Will
they
not
have
as
much
power
to
give
a
Ship
motion
,
as
150
Men
would
have
on
Shore
at
a
Hawser
,
fastened
to
the
Ship
?
This
he
likewise
answered
in
the
affirmative
:
Then
said
I
,
it
will
do
more
than
Oars
,
or
any
thing
but
a
Gale
of
Wind
,
and
fully
answer
my
Proposals
.
Well
,
said
he
,
with
a
Smile
,
and
putting
off
his
Hat
,
as
taking
leave
,
we
are
all
Submission
to
the
Lords
of
the
Admiralty
;
and
so
went
off
.
Not
long
after
,
a
Friend
of
mine
met
a
Commissioner
of
the
Navy
;
and
my
Friend
being
perfectly
acquainted
with
my
Contrivance
,
asked
the
Commissioner
,
Why
it
was
not
put
in
use
by
them
?
The
Gentleman
offered
several
Objections
;
which
were
by
sound
reason
,
so
fully
answered
by
my
Friend
,
that
he
had
only
this
hole
to
creep
out
at
:
Sir
,
said
he
,
have
we
not
a
parcel
of
Ingenious
Gentlemen
at
the
Board
?
Yes
,
said
my
Friend
,
I
hope
so
,
or
500
l.
per
Annum
is
paid
them
to
a
fine
purpose
.
Is
not
Mr.
D
....
(
says
the
Commissioner
)
one
of
them
,
and
an
ingenious
Man
?
I
hope
so
,
continued
my
Friend
.
Then
,
said
he
,
What
have
interloping
People
,
that
have
no
concern
with
us
,
to
do
,
to
pretend
,
to
contrive
or
invent
things
for
us
?
So
Reader
,
here
you
may
see
what
to
trust
to
,
tho'
you
have
found
out
an
Improvement
as
great
to
Shipping
,
as
turning
to
Windward
or
the
Compass
;
unless
you
can
sit
round
the
Green-Table
in
Crutched-Friars
,
your
Invention
is
damned
of
course
:
and
yet
some
of
these
People
did
own
to
me
in
private
,
That
it
was
pity
this
ENGINE
was
not
put
in
practice
,
for
that
it
would
be
of
singular
use
;
but
I
find
,
there
are
a
sort
of
People
in
the
World
,
that
will
rather
disserve
King
and
Country
,
than
disoblige
,
or
run
counter
to
one
another
,
in
things
of
great
and
small
importance
.
I
know
not
how
Mr.
D
...
will
clear
his
Objections
,
and
make
them
appear
truth
to
the
World
;
tho'
I
am
satisfied
,
that
he
will
not
want
for
those
that
will
assist
him
,
tho'
never
so
contrary
to
reason
;
and
at
present
,
I
think
it
behoves
them
so
to
do
,
or
honestly
to
recant
.
I
hope
none
that
read
this
,
but
will
find
Mr.
D
....
's
Arguments
very
weak
to
obstruct
for
so
many
Years
together
,
a
thing
of
that
Use
and
Service
to
the
Nation
,
that
this
would
have
been
;
and
truly
,
unless
Mr.
D
....
do
publish
better
Reasons
than
he
has
yet
done
,
I
shall
think
,
and
question
not
,
but
some
hundreds
more
will
be
of
my
opimon
,
that
had
he
lived
in
the
time
that
the
Compass
was
found
out
,
if
he
could
not
have
laid
Claim
to
that
unparralel
Discovery
,
he
would
have
obstructed
its
use
to
the
utmost
of
his
power
.
The
last
year
I
made
sufficient
demonstration
of
the
use
of
my
ENGINE
on
the
THAMES
,
of
which
thousands
were
Eye-witnesses
,
and
all
People
seem'd
to
like
it
;
the
Publick
News
Papers
speaking
very
largely
of
it
,
yet
all
to
no
purpose
.
I
can
bring
Men
of
undoubted
Reputation
,
to
justifie
,
that
with
a
small
Yatcht
that
I
fix'd
it
to
,
I
once
below
Bridge
made
better
way
;
or
out
went
a
Ketch
in
a
Gale
of
Wind
,
who
had
all
her
Sails
spread
,
viz.
Main
Sail
,
Main
Top-Sail
,
Main
Top-Gallant
Sail
,
Fore-Sail
,
Gib-Stay
Sails
,
and
Mizon
;
and
we
had
the
help
of
nothing
but
eight
Sailors
working
at
this
ENGINE
,
and
yet
the
Vessel
I
used
this
ENGINE
in
,
was
far
more
improper
for
it
than
any
Vessel
in
the
King's
Service
;
and
would
my
circumstances
have
afforded
it
,
I
would
have
fitted
out
a
large
Vessel
my self
,
it
being
chiefly
proper
for
such
;
but
I
thought
that
occular
Demonstration
would
do
,
tho'
in
never
so
small
a
Model
,
which
made
me
begin
with
a
Wherry
;
and
by
that
time
I
had
solicited
up
and
down
,
and
made
an
ENGINE
fit
for
a
Yatcht
,
I
found
the
Expence
too
great
for
me
,
and
was
forced
to
desist
:
for
altho'
the
ENGINE
did
not
cost
much
,
yet
the
continual
charge
of
going
with
the
Yacht
,
was
considerable
;
insomuch
,
that
that
my
endeavour
to
serve
my
Country
,
has
cost
me
above
200
pounds
.
Yet
the
charge
of
this
ENGINE
in
such
a
Vessel
as
the
Royal
Transport
,
will
not
exceed
50
pound
;
and
tho'
I
have
a
Patent
for
it
,
yet
the
first
Captain
of
a
Frigot
that
desires
it
,
I
will
assist
in
the
making
of
it
,
aboard
his
Ship
gratis
;
and
that
he
may
be
certain
,
that
I
won't
impose
upon
him
,
he
shall
have
liberty
to
use
his
own
Workmen
:
but
this
I
will
only
do
by
the
first
comer
,
and
I
doubt
not
,
but
when
the
Ice
is
once
broke
,
I
shall
at
least
receive
thanks
for
my
past
Labour
and
Expence
.
I
have
,
besides
the
ENGINE
before-mentioned
,
made
several
useful
Discoveries
;
of
which
I
will
give
some
account
,
it
not
being
altogether
out
of
its
place
;
which
is
a
method
whereby
I
will
fight
any
Ship
,
using
Charge
and
Discharge
as
often
as
six
or
eight
do
now
,
and
to
as
much
purpose
,
without
any
manner
of
incommodation
more
than
by
the
common
way
:
so
that
one
half
of
the
Men
need
not
be
exposed
that
now
are
,
and
the
rest
may
be
kept
as
a
reserve
for
Boarding
,
&c.
the
benefit
of
this
I
leave
to
the
ingenious
Sailor
;
besides
which
,
I
have
invented
a
Gin
of
14
inches
square
,
portable
by
one
Man
,
by
which
one
Man
may
lift
the
largest
Cannon
or
Mortar
into
her
Carriadge
.
But
I
will
never
discover
one
title
of
either
of
these
,
till
I
find
justice
done
me
on
account
of
my
Rowing
ENGINE
,
I
mean
that
it
is
put
in
Practice
,
and
I
am
Rewarded
;
or
else
,
that
it
is
proved
useless
by
an
Argument
,
or
Experiment
;
not
by
such
Objections
as
Mr.
D
....
who
talks
of
the
weight
of
Ships
in
the
Sea
lying
on
this
Clockwork
;
by
which
I
believe
,
neither
he
himself
,
nor
any
one
else
,
knows
what
he
means
:
for
this
ENGINE
is
not
to
be
under
Ships
in
the
Sea
,
nor
to
lift
Ships
out
of
the
Water
,
but
to
occasion
Motion
;
which
,
as
I
shewed
before
,
that
even
the
smallest
Force
will
do
;
and
the
greater
the
Force
is
,
the
better
or
swifter
the
Motion
will
be
:
but
to
avoid
trouble
to
any
,
who
shall
think
fit
to
write
against
it
,
I
shall
give
an
account
of
some
other
Objections
that
have
been
raised
against
it
,
which
I
have
met
with
.
-
Object
.
the
First
.
It
is
lyable
to
be
shot
.
-
Object
.
the
Second
.
It
will
lye
in
the
way
.
-
Object
.
the
Third
.
That
the
Wheel
and
Trundle
may
be
out
of
order
,
and
is
not
to
be
mended
by
a
Ship
Carpenter
.
Answ.
the
First
.
A
Captain
may
be
shot
,
and
a
good
and
brave
Man's
Life
lost
,
will
you
not
therefore
have
good
Captains
?
A
Yard
by
a
Shot
,
sometimes
from
the
Top-mast
Head
,
descends
to
the
mens
Heads
on
the
Deck
,
will
you
therefore
have
no
Sails
?
But
this
ENGINE
is
the
least
lyable
to
be
injured
by
a
Shot
of
any
thing
:
for
tho'
it
break
some
of
the
Paddles
,
you
suffer
no
inconvenience
,
as
I
have
tryed
by
taking
some
out
.
Should
a
Shot
take
all
the
Paddles
off
of
one
side
,
the
Vessel
will
make
near
as
good
a
way
as
before
,
and
stear
nigh
as
well
:
and
truly
I
think
,
it
must
be
a
very
odd
Shot
that
can
totally
disable
this
ENGINE
,
so
as
a
small
time
will
not
repair
it
.
And
I
think
the
Rudder
in
ten
times
more
danger
;
yet
a
man
would
deservedly
be
thought
mad
,
that
would
have
no
Rudder
to
a
Ship
.
But
,
suppose
at
any
time
,
that
this
ENGINE
is
disabled
,
the
Ship
is
still
in
as
good
order
as
any
Ship
now
is
,
if
she
has
no
other
harm
;
and
it
will
be
ill
luck
indeed
,
if
there
are
three
or
four
Ships
together
,
and
all
are
disabled
at
the
same
time
.
Answ.
the
Second
.
For
its
being
in
the
Way
,
I
know
of
nothing
about
it
that
can
be
thought
to
be
so
,
but
the
Bar
,
or
the
Paddles
for
the
Bar.
Now
I
desire
the
Sailors
to
stoop
a
little
when
they
go
under
it
,
and
when
they
do
not
use
the
Paddles
,
to
stow
them
on
the
Boom
under
the
Long-Boat
,
their
Shape
making
them
very
proper
for
that
place
.
Answ.
the
Third
.
For
a
Shipwright's
not
understanding
,
or
not
being
able
to
mend
the
Wheel
and
Trundle
,
it
is
next
to
impossible
;
for
without
Flattery
,
the
men
of
that
Profession
,
of
all
the
Brothers
of
the
Broad-Ax
,
are
the
most
general
Workmen
;
and
it
is
hard
to
find
a
Shipwright
,
but
either
is
,
or
with
little
trouble
will
be
,
on
occasion
,
House-Carpenter
,
Joyner
,
Wheel-wright
,
Mill-wright
,
Cooper
,
or
what
you
please
of
that
kind
.
All
that
I
have
now
to
add
,
is
,
That
whoever
is
angry
with
Truth
,
for
appearing
in
mean
Language
,
may
as
well
be
angry
with
a
wise
and
honest
man
for
his
plain
Habit
:
for
indeed
,
it
is
as
common
for
Lyes
and
Nonsence
to
be
disguised
by
a
jingle
of
Words
,
as
for
a
Block-head
to
be
hid
by
abundance
of
Peruke
.
I
have
had
my
Patent
for
this
Engine
,
about
Two
years
,
and
am
sorry
it
was
not
put
in
practice
in
time
of
War
,
because
of
the
use
it
might
have
been
of
Aboard
His
Majesties
Navy
;
however
,
Men
of
sense
will
see
,
it
may
be
put
in
practice
with
good
Advantage
in
time
of
Peace
;
and
I
hope
,
its
Novelty
will
not
hinder
an
Experiment
of
it
.
Wherefore
,
fly
no
Invention
,
'cause
't
is
New
,
But
strictly
search
;
and
after
careful
View
Reject
if
false
,
embrace
it
if
't
is
True
.
Creech's
Lucretius
.
FINIS
.