"Dr Priestly (sic) was once very ill with gall stones & was cured by abstinence from Butcher meat. ... fish & vegetables & butter or fat did not hurt him when taken in moderation, but his Doctors must …"

"Nothing man has discovered or imagined is to be named with the steam engine. It has no fellow."

"About 6 or 8 years ago My Ingenious friend Mr John Robinson having [contrived] conceived that a fire engine might be made without a Lever—by Inverting the Cylinder & placing it above the mouth of the …"

"I can think of nothing else than this machine."

"I have spent more time fixing other men's mistakes than making my own."