Ennion Williams: List of claims for improvements at Monticello, 19 Sept. 1822, 19 September 1822
Emmion Williams’s Claims for Improvements
| 1. A semicircular Instrument— | Radius—12 Inches—Needle 24 Inches | } | |
| Telescope 11 Inches—with a Nonius attachd. | |||
| 2. A Drafting | Instrument—Semicircular—Radius. 7 Inches, with diagonals crossing Ten circles, showing tenths of the Degrees—also a Scale of equal Parts on the Diameter, and a Centre Pin conveniently seen and may be set readily on any Line or Point of a draft— | ||
| of a Survey or others— | The Course & distance shown at same time | ||
| on the Instrumt—no dividers necessary— | |||
| 3. A | Sliding Meridian, to be used on an inclined Plane, to which his drafting Instrument may be set, and moved to any Part of the draft, and the Course & Distance seen—without the aid of dividers— | ||
| 4. | A Set of Tables, showing Interest at 5.6.7 & 8 ⅌Ct and Commiss from 14 ⅌Ct increasing by ¼ ⅌Ct to 23 ⅌Cent, on every sum from one dollar to 10.000 dollars—for 3 years, 11 mos & 29 days, condensed on fifty Pages, and shown by Indentment on the exterior of the Leaves more expeditiously than an alphabet to a Ledger, would show the Names of the Accounts; because the order is regular and numerical | ||
Monticello
9th mo. 19th 1822
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MoSHi: Thomas Jefferson Collection (formerly Bixby).