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But when the ponderou Engines[1] were survey'd
They ev'ry tribute due to merit paid:
Then, with reluctance, forc'd themselves away,
Resolv'd to see all that they could by day.
At Handsworth, by intrinsic worth impellid,
They stopp'd, and Eginton's Stain’d Glaſs beheld,
With admiration saw the Artist trace,
A beauteous Seraph, or an Angel's face.
Now back to Birmingham, with speed they hie,
Exploring ev'ry place, with curious eye.
The Gods, at Swinney's[2] Foundry, stood amaz'd,
And on each curious Type and Letter gaz'd ;
Then the Museum view'd!****
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- ↑ Amongst the various applications of the steam engine, that of Coining seems to be of considerable importance, as, by its power, all the operations are concentered on the same spot; such as rolling the cakes of copper into sheets. 2dly. fine rolling the same cold , in steel polish'd rollers. 3dly, Cutting out the blank pieces of coin, which is done with greater ease and facility by girls, than could poſsibly be done by strong men . It also aſsists in shaking the coin in bags, and works a number of coining machines with greater rapidity and exactneſs, by a few boys, than could be done by men, without endangering their fingers ; as the machine itself lays the blanks upon the die, perfectly concentral with it, and, when struck, displaces one piece and replaces another. See Shaw's Hist. of Staffordshire.
- ↑ This useful Branch of the Typographic Art, immediately on the demise of the late celebrated Baskerville, was resumed, and is now continued, with persevering industry and succeſs, by Mr. Swinney, whose elegant Specimens of Printing, add celebrity to the other manufactures of this Emporium of the Arts.
