Ay, do my dear Sam, come up - on Friday as

thou sayest — I shall be glad to see thee

A very good opportunity of learning Watchmaking has

presented itself to me - and I shall probably have

availed myself of it before you come - R. King

at G. Coffee-House is a Watchmaker by Trade, and

has some Watch "motions" by him which he has

engaged to take to pieces for my instruction — The D r

referred me to him — ' He himself [viz: the D r] could

not undertake the Job - And when you come up

may very likely take a lecture together

Shall I tell thee —? Yes verily I will — There is

to be a Board of Longitude I understand, on Saturday

and I hope to be at it with my memoir - I hope

I say if possible — I am working double tides for that

purpose — I am not absolutely determined whether it would

be better for you to be there or not - However, in

case it should be determined for your being there - you

had better be provided with a decent suit of clothes to

appear in viz: your best — I don't mean the

French ones. Q.S.P. will be in the country Friday & Saturday,- So

that you have nothing to fear from him -

I shall have to two or three of the Board a recommendation

from Foster of Colchester - a much more strenuous

one than I should get from Poore. Poore however is in

Town and I shall make what use I can of him.

Wednesday May 15. 1776.

My Love to M rs D. Make an exact drawing (a neat one, fit to shew) of the apparatus for winding up and regulating without

admitting the Air; and bring it up with you. - The Commissioners are most of them stupid fellows, I understand c I will

suppose nothing - Get if possible the proper names for the several parts of it - Call at Nairnes if you can and get

the name of his new inve fringe - & borrow one of them too if you can to produce — - You might even say what it was for.