Simpson Strickland Engine - Pictures

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Re: Simpson Strickland Engine - Pictures

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What James Watt would have given for that mill. I vaguely remember him writing that the best cylinder work he could get on a 12" or so bore was the have it ". . . round to within the thickness of a new shilling."
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