We have
already cited several passages from the statement. After
referring to his two last patents, he says: "The machines now
printing The Times and Mail are upon the same principle; but they
have been contrived for the particular purpose of a newspaper of
extensive circulation, where expedition is the great object.
"The public are undoubtedly aware, that never, perhaps, was a new
invention put to so severe a trial as the present one, by being
used on its first public introduction for the printing of
newspapers, and will, I trust, be indulgent with respect to the
many defects in the performance, though none of them are inherent
in the principle of the machine; and we hope, that in less than
two months, the whole will be corrected by greater adroitness in
the management of it, so far at least as the hurry of newspaper
printing will at all admit.
"It will appear from the foregoing narrative, that it was
incorrectly stated in several newspapers, that I had sold my
interest to two other foreigners; my partners in this enterprise
being at present two Englishmen, Mr. Bensley and Mr. Taylor; and
it is gratifying to my feelings to avail myself of this
opportunity to thank those gentlemen publicly for the confidence
which they have reposed in me, for the aid of their practical
skill, and for the persevering support which they have afforded
me in long and very expensive experiments; thus risking their
fortunes in the prosecution of my invention.
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