TALBOT2941

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July 11^th 1834.

Dear Sir

I should be wary to deter you from making so usefull an experiment as the one you propose, but the result of my enquiries certainly was that oil pressing ² required an establishment which involved many expences – You must have a winnowing machine, rather different from the common ones – a pair of crushing rollers –
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a pair of edgestones – and a heating apparatus wh all these must be had whether you use a hydraulic press or a common stamper and there must be horsepower to work it – I have supposed that you have a horse mill already such as is used for thrashing machines – and the expence of the rest of which the press only forms a part would be at least £400 and 3
I should say £500 – this would furnish you certainly with a very complete apparatus but I do not think you could save £50 certainly not £100 by contenting yourself with the most ordinary apparatus such as you mentioned

The 3^d reading of the Great West^{n 3} will I expect come on about Wednesday the 16^th – If however you can conveniently attend on Monday next ⁴ at 12 o clock when the bill is reported we should 4
feel obliged as it would be in the power of a member ⁵ to move that the bill be recommitted or taken into consideration that Day six months ⁶ such things have been done and our opponents ⁷ are very bitter –

I am dear Sir Yours very truly
I K Brunel