England's improvement by sea and land .. . buildingtheir Merchants Ships. And the Bolts which are fo drawn, becaufe they areof an equal fize in all parts , are much better for ufein building, fliipping, than thofe Bolts which are, atprefent, wrought with the Hammer: for its impofH-ble (but fach Bolts which are wrought by hand; butin fome places they will differ in their thickncfs, andthereby they cannot faflen the Plank and Timbers, fowell together, as thefe Bolts will doj which are drawnby an Engine, truly made for chat purpofe, into a pcr-fecft round. And if I an> not misinformed, there i
England's improvement by sea and land .. . buildingtheir Merchants Ships. And the Bolts which are fo drawn, becaufe they areof an equal fize in all parts , are much better for ufein building, fliipping, than thofe Bolts which are, atprefent, wrought with the Hammer: for its impofH-ble (but fach Bolts which are wrought by hand; butin fome places they will differ in their thickncfs, andthereby they cannot faflen the Plank and Timbers, fowell together, as thefe Bolts will doj which are drawnby an Engine, truly made for chat purpofe, into a pcr-fecft round. And if I an> not misinformed, there is paid by theKing at prefepr, for Bolts and Rings for the ufe of theNavy, Twenty fix pound the Ton, but in the placebelore mentioned in Irela?id; and made of the Forreftof Dean Metal, the Iron will be made, and the barrsdrawn ft for Rings and Bolts, for thirteen pounds theTon. And as for Bullets and all cafl things, convenientfor the ufe of the Navy ; the fitteft place for to fet upone or two furnaces, and the bell place for advantage, IS. Part 1, 53g ^ta ana %m\j. 67 is near the Town of Ringzzoodin Hamfjbire; and therethe wall Wood, now unimploycd in new lorrcll, wiMbefuflicient to make Charcoal for the Works: And theIron lione, whirh at prelcnt Jics in great quantiiicsalong the Sea Shore, near unto the Iown of Chrfft-Chiirch^ may be brought up the River Auo7i by water,to Ringzvocd, and there maybe mched down into other cafl: wares which are ufeful & wanting fornaval ftores; and when made, from thence lent down thefame River, by water , to Chriji-Church, and {o to beShippd off, and fent by Sea to the feveral Yards ofTortfrnouthy Chatham^ Wooledge and ^Dtptford. I know it is not convenient for us, to be llarirg a«broad into other Nations, to find out fuch things,which the Importation thereof, is a detriment to thepubhck, when at the fame time, we liave fufficient athome of the fame Commodity, and much better; but•I know it is the undoubted inteielt of all Pcrfon
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