Document 19, p 13
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| have been injured by it. | ||||
| That the additional Velocity occasioned by | ||||
| the aditional Fall of 5 ft would be | ||||
| upwards of 1000ft in a minute. | ||||
| Is it expedient in your Opinion to | ||||
| attempt the Building aother Bridge on | ||||
| the Scite of the old one? | ||||
| I think not, because the same Causes | ||||
| would in all probability produce the | ||||
| same Effects- & that therefore whenever | ||||
| the same Combination of Circumstances | ||||
| should concur the same Effects would | ||||
| follow from the same Causes – the same | ||||
| if then known | ||||
| Circumstances that ⁁ would have deterred | ||||
| one from attempting at first would | ||||
| operate as powerfully now to deter me | ||||
| from it |
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| by the Experiment of the late Accident | ||||
| The | ||||
| 13 | ||||
Note: Minutes of Committee to consider Mr Errington's Petition, p 13
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