Holograph draft of MINT00704 (Mint 19/3/546) reporting on a new design of furnace in Cornwall for melting tin followed by Latin notes on the flow of water from a hole in a cylinder

That several \since the|our| last|te| Report/ Assays have been made in the Tower of Parcels of Tin chosen by cut off from blocks in Cornwall by her Maj^ts Ass^{r} of Tin West \East/ country Tin melted by in the furnaces & in the blowing houses & both sorts found of like goodness without any manifest difference

That Assays have been made also of pieces cut of from blocks by y^e by the Agent of y^e Patentees & the Tin proved of like goodnes w^th y^e former.

That none of these Assays pieces proved grain Tin i|t|hey bet|i|ng West \East/ country Tin where very little grain Tin is produced.

That some represent \above/ one tenth of all y^e grain Tin in Cornwal has heretofore been grain Tin & others that not above a 20^th part And that y^e Agents in Cornwas|ll| be directed to give the best acc^t they can of what \number of bocks of/ grain in has|v|e been {p} made by the Patentees in the th{illeg} last coynages \commen/ & y^e prent in proportion to the other sorts of Tin.

That some represent that the staying of Tin in fusion in the furnaces longer then in y^e blowing houses consumes the best parts of the Tin, others that it consumes the drossy parts & makes \refines/ the Tin. And for the dis|c|ision of this point We humbly desire that the Agents in Cornwall a triall may be made in Corwal {sic} before y^e Queens Ass^r & the Agents or whom they think fitt to roder, whether the Melting houses or the blowing houses by their usual ways of working \do/ p out of the same parcel of \washt Oar called/ black Tin \{O}/ can \d{illeg}/ produce the best Tin & whether Tin by being kept some hours in the heat of the furnaces grow better or worse then at first & a report thereof be made to y^r|his| Lord^p. For we have ne{illeg} For such trials can be only made upon the place

Sit IO media proportionalis inter IH et IG et

Aqua per foramen EF egrediens, quo tempore gutta cadendo ab I {illeg} describere posset altitunem IG æqualis est cylindro cujus altitudo ut EI basis est EF Et altitudo 2IG et quo tempore descri {illeg}|i|d est Cylindro cujus basis est circulus æquo est circulus CD et altitudo 2IO, et quo tempore \gutta cadendo/ describere posset altitudinem IH, aqua egrediens æqualis est cylindo {sic} cujus altitud basis et AB et altitudo 2IH, Et pro id est \cylindro/ cujus basis est EF et altitudo 2IO. Et quo tempore gutta cadendo ab I per H ad G describit \altitudinum/ differentiam altitudinum {illeg} HG aqua egrediens æqu id {illeg} est soll{illeg} aqua tota in solido ABNFEM æqualis est cylin differentiæ cylindrorum, id est cylindro cujus basis {illeg} æqu cujus bases sunt circuli CD et EF et altitudines 2IO id est cylindro cujus basis est CD et altitudo 2HO. Et propterea soli{d} aqua tota in vase CD ABDC est ad aquam totam in solido ABNFEM ut HG ad 2HO. id est ut $\frac{{\mathrm{IO}}^{\mathrm{q}}}{\mathrm{IH}}-\mathrm{IH}$ ad 2IO−2IH hoc est |ut| IO+IH ad 2IH sive \et propterea/ at summa circulorum AB et EG ad duplum circulum EG.] $\mathrm{HO}+\frac{\mathrm{IO}\times \mathrm{HO}}{\mathrm{IH}}$ ad 2HO seu IH+IO ad 2IH et propterea \{illeg} at adeo/ ut summa circulorum AB et EG \EF et AB/ ad {illeg}|d|uplum circulum E G|F|. Et in eadem \etiam/ ratione sunt aquarum pondera, utpote aquis ipsis proportionalia.

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We humbly \beg leave to/ represent to yo^r Lord^p that Daniel Stuart the Collector of the Bullion for the Mint at Edinburgh is thereby \{illeg}/ deas|d| (as we hear by the last Post) & that in o^r humble opinion the place of Collector of the Bullion being irregu irregular & useless should cease & the said Bullion be hence forth paid \by the under Collectors/ into the hands of the Cashk Exche hands of the Cashkeeper of the North Br{illeg} Britain & kept apart in the Exchequer in a proper Chest under the key of the said Cashkeeper & also, if it be thought fit, under the key of the General of her Ma^ties said Mint, (as \is directed by/ the Scotch Act of Parliament directs \for {setli} granting this Duty to the Mint) directs,) & {he} in order to be in order to its being & that it/; {sic} to be issued out thence from time to time to by Warrants to the General & Master of the said Mint & \to be/ \&/ kept \apart/ in the Treasury of the said Mint under the keys of the General the Master & the Wardens for defraying the charges of paym coynage & repairs & paying of Salaries & be accounted for annually by the Master [according to the rules set down in the Indenture of her Ma^ties Mints,|]| the Act of Vnion |so| that the two Mints may be under \all/ the same Rules, in all respects as \in full conformity to/ the Act of Vnion. And we are further of of Opinion that the Executor or Executors of Executors of the said M^r Stuart be speedily called to account \speedily called to account/ & |&| directed forthwith to pay into y^e hands of the General Master of that Mint the summ of such a summ of money as yo^r Lord^p shall think fit, suppose the summ of 25\5/00 \{illeg} or 2500/ pounds, to be kept in the Treasury of that Mint under the keys of the General \the/ Master & Wardens, that the service of that Mint receive no stop for want of moneys, there being as we are \very/ credibly informed, a far greater summ in the hands of the said Executor of said M^r Stuart

All which &c.