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Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Letter from Dublin dated Jan. 13 describes a local inventor's simple device for walking on water against currents or winds, costing under two guineas. He plans to test it on the Grand Canal during Mr. Crobie's aerial flight, with a boat accompanying. Satirical note on potential military use in flooded Holland.
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"To such wonderful lengths is scientifick knowledge arrived at this enlightened age, that a gentleman of remarkable ingenuity, belonging to a public office in this city, has actually found out a method of walking on the water, even against the most rapid current, or violent winds. So simple is the apparatus necessary for the performance of this extraordinary discovery, that the expence will not exceed two guineas, nor will it be in the least cumbersome to the walker. The inventor means to make an experiment on the evening of the day Mr. Crobie takes his aerial flight; by walking from the Basin to the first Lock on the Grand Canal; and we are assured, the company has ordered one of the boats to attend him during his astonishing journey. If this discovery succeeds, we may shortly expect to hear of a battle between the Emperour and the Dutch, on that part of Holland lately overflown by the opening of the dykes."
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Dublin
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Jan. 13
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A gentleman in a public office in Dublin has invented a simple apparatus costing no more than two guineas for walking on water against rapid currents or violent winds. He plans to experiment by walking from the Basin to the first Lock on the Grand Canal on the evening of Mr. Crobie's aerial flight, with a boat attending him. The report satirically suggests it could lead to battles in flooded Holland between the Emperor and the Dutch.