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Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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On Thursday before May 18, Mr. Lunardi tested part of his new lightweight metal gallery at Blackfriars Bridge, demonstrating it could carry 1800 pounds of iron and sand while floating 11 inches above water, designed for air and sea use accommodating 12 persons.
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On Thursday last Mr. Lunardi made an experiment with part of his new gallery, at Blackfriars Bridge, where a number of people assembled. It is so constructed as to defy the power of the waves, and to be rendered of utility at sea (in case of danger) as well as in the air. Though it is made of white metal, it does not exceed the weight of 64 pounds; and the circumference being 21 feet, will accommodate 12 persons with the greatest safety. The principal object was to shew what weight it would carry; a foundery being nigh, they put in a piece of iron, besides sand, that was 1800 weight, which it carried with ease, though the bottom of the gallery was 11 inches above the surface of the water.
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Blackfriars Bridge
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Thursday Last
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carried 1800 weight with ease, bottom 11 inches above water
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Mr. Lunardi conducted an experiment with part of his new gallery made of white metal weighing 64 pounds with 21-foot circumference, designed to defy waves and be useful at sea or in air for 12 persons; tested by loading 1800 weight of iron and sand near a foundery.