| Reference number | MM/7/71 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Beaumont, Gloucester House, to Sir Joseph Banks |
| Date | 14 April 1790 |
| Description | Mr Beaumont, equerry to the Duke of Gloucester, recommends to Banks a "remarkable genius", a shoemaker named Joseph Smith, who has invented a machine with a single wheel by a new principle which seems to achieve perpetual motion; it has been in motion for two months and seems likely to continue indefinitely.
A note by Banks on the letter states he has received a note from the Duke of Gloucester urging him to prevent any but the real inventor being rewarded. |
| Extent | 4 sides |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8116 | Banks; Sir; Joseph (1744 - 1820); naturalist | 1744 - 1820 |