Mon 27 Jul 1818
From John R Denyer
To Mr Merrick
[T]inson near Hereford
T&S Canal Co about to put down weighing engine at their wharf at Cirencester, recommended you as person who makes them, obliged if would give price, to weigh 8 tons if required. Object of machine to weigh coals & seldom require more than weight of carriage & 2 tons of loading but sometimes very heavy articles also to be weighed.
