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<HEAD>THE Antelope's Evidence; <ADD>a third time published with additions.</ADD> OR, <HI>An Experimental and Ocular Demon&s;tration</HI> Of the Goodne&s;s and Excellency of MILL'D-LEAD-SHEATHING, Above that of WOOD.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">Wherein is al&s;o prov'd, that It is much <HI>Cheaper</HI> at 14 <HI>d.</HI> a foot, the Rate publi&s;h'd, THAN <HI>Wood-&s;heathing,</HI> if it were reckon'd but at 7 <HI>d.</HI> a foot.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">The <HI>Lead</HI> being con&s;ider'd only to la&s;t no longer than an Ordi|nary <HI>Wood-&s;heathing,</HI> tho' 'tis evident it would Outla&s;t many of the Be&s;t that were ever put on.</HEAD>
<P>THIS Ship was Sheath'd with Mill'd Lead in <HI>March,</HI> 1694/5; the fir&s;t Summer &s;he was employ'd in the King's Service, and then upon her return &s;ent by her Owners a Voyage to the <HI>East Indies,</HI> from whence al&s;o being return'd, and put into Mr. <HI>Snelgrove</HI>'s Dock, in <HI>March</HI> 1697/8, where &s;he was view'd by the Navy-Board, 9th of <HI>April,</HI> and has been &s;een by many others before and &s;ince, and &s;till remaining there, and likely &s;o to continue for &s;ome time yet, any body el&s;e that plea&s;es may view the Succe&s;s of her Lead-&s;heathing, which they will find (tho' &s;he had dangerou&s;ly &s;trook on ground) to lye on all about her Bildge and Keel, and quite throughout, for any defect in the Sheathing it &s;elf, as firm and well as at fir&s;t do|ing, and the Ruddar-Irons under it being parcell'd, pre&s;erv'd &s;ound and not &s;o much as touch'd with Ru&s;t, but altogether as good as at fir&s;t put|ting on above three years ago; as appear'd upon &s;tripping the Lead off a Brace, and a Stirrup of the Sterne-po&s;t, by the Commi&s;&s;ioners dire|ctions, which this innocent Sheathing has been &s;o ob&s;tinately charg'd by its Enemies to eat and corrode in &s;o extraordinary a manner, and &s;uch Conclu&s;ions drawn from thence, that it has &s;uffer'd under the Tyranny of this fal&s;e and groundle&s;s Sugge&s;tion (and this alone) to the great Lo&s;s of the Public, and Injury of the Inventor, almo&s;t the&s;e Twen|ty Years, all other Objections, as rubbing off by Cables, Haw&s;ers, Boats and Lyters, lying on ground, Shortne&s;s and Smallne&s;s of the Nails, and whatever its Enemies could invent, being remov'd long ago by &s;uffi|cient Proof and Five Years Experience upon Ten Ships &s;heath'd in that time, to the former Navy-board's full &s;atisfaction; as they declar'd in
<PB N="2" REF="2" MS="y">the Preamble of their Contract, tho the &s;ame Surmi&s;es have upon all occa&s;ions been renew'd again, which, it is to be hoped, this pre&s;ent <HI>Evidence</HI> will &s;ilence for the future. They &s;tripp'd &s;ome Boltheads al&s;o that were not parcell'd under the Lead, which were very &s;ound. As for the Pintels and Braces of the Ruddar that lay naked to the Wa|ter, they are, as u&s;ual, &s;omewhat eaten with Ru&s;t, but nothing extra|ordinary, and with only new nailing the Braces all may be made good again for further Service: and had the&s;e Braces, as well as tho&s;e on the Sterne-po&s;t, been parcell'd and cover'd with the Lead, doubt|le&s;s they would have been pre&s;erv'd &s;ound as tho&s;e others were. They will find &s;ome &s;mall Cracks in the Sheathing, occa&s;ion'd by the Ship's opening her Seams in working, which clo&s;ing when &s;he comes to rights again, are little damage, no Worm having enter'd there; as ap|pear'd upon the Commi&s;&s;ioners &s;earching and dubbing about &s;everal of them. There was one place off on her Larboard &s;ide (by &s;ome un|known Accident) about the bigne&s;s of a Crown-piece, where the Worm having eaten, the Commi&s;&s;ioners cau&s;ed the Plank to be dubbed, but it went &s;o little a way in, and not further than the bare place, that the Worm-holes, which were but &s;mall, were quickly dubbed out: and 'tis ob&s;ervable, whenever any Lead happens to be off, the Worm eats but little in, and never goes under the Sheathing beyond the naked place. There is al&s;o one place rubb'd off at the end of the Keel, where the Worm had eaten, which happen'd at her fir&s;t going out of the Dock; and another about a hands breadth, on the Larboard &s;ide, at her return in, no Worm having touched there; and &s;everal &s;mall places torn by the Anchor; all which (if not by Care prevented, where &s;uch Accidents happen) would damage a Wood-&s;heathing as bad, and pro|bably much wor&s;e, by rending and &s;hattering the Boards. They will find &s;everal places indeed off above, where the Wood-&s;heathing was nail'd over it, upon pretence to defend it from Boats and Lyters, which being much Worm-eaten, &s;hatter'd, and torn off, &s;ome of the Lead-&s;heath|ing that lay under it came off with it. Moreover, they will find this Lead-&s;heathing fouls but very little; and when foul, ea&s;ily clean'd; which with its &s;mooth and thin lying on, mu&s;t be an advantage to a Ship's &s;ailing.</P>
<P>As to the <HI>Cheapne&s;s;</HI> Suppo&s;e &s;uch a Ship as the <HI>Antelope</HI> to mea&s;ure 5400 foot, which at 14 <HI>d.</HI> a foot amounts to 315 <HI>l.</HI> of which, if a fourth part 78 <HI>l.</HI> 15 <HI>s.</HI> be allow'd for the Old Sheathing when &s;tripp'd, the Charge of this Lead-&s;heathing would be but 236 <HI>l.</HI> 5 <HI>s.</HI> Suppo&s;e al&s;o that this 5400 foot, to be &s;heath'd with Wood, would co&s;t but 7 <HI>d.</HI> a foot, which amounts to 157 <HI>l.</HI> 10 <HI>s.</HI> and that this Sheathing be allow'd to la&s;t Two Voyages to the <HI>Streights,</HI> or el&s;ewhere, (&s;ome la&s;t but One, and Two of tho&s;e Sheathings being of equal price to a Lead-&s;heathing, certainly the Graving &s;av'd in two Voyages, and the Value of the Old Lead, when &s;tripp'd, will abundantly pay the Intere&s;t of 157 <HI>l.</HI> 10 <HI>s.</HI> the Price of the &s;econd Sheathing, for a Year, or a little more, till it &s;hall be call'd for;) and the Lead-&s;heathing &s;hould be al&s;o &s;tripp'd at the &s;ame time, this would exceed the Wood-&s;heathing but 78 <HI>l.</HI> 15 <HI>s.</HI> which Summ doubled, perhaps, would not defray the Charge of Graving for the&s;e two Voyages; &s;o that the Lead-&s;heathing mu&s;t be con&s;iderably cheaper, with &s;ufficient allowance for the Intere&s;t of 78 <HI>l.</HI> 15 <HI>s.</HI> remainder of the exce&s;s
<PB N="3" REF="2" MS="y">of the fir&s;t Charge, after the 78 <HI>l.</HI> 15 <HI>s.</HI> be deducted for the Old Sheath|ing; and if Rebate be allow'd for that till &s;tripping, it cannot come to &s;o much as the Intere&s;t of the Mony disburs'd from time to time for the Graving till both &s;hall be &s;tripp'd. But this Nicety of Compu|tation &s;eems very impertinent, where &s;o many and &s;o great Advantages may be charg'd to the Accompt of Lead-&s;heathing, from its long dura|tion, no Trouble nor Charge in graving, its little fouling, and very lit|tle trouble or charge in cleaning, no damage to the Plank, as by the great Iron Nails of the other; but, in truth, pre&s;erving it better, more cool, &s;mooth, and &s;ound, and the Oakam longer in the Seams than a Wood-&s;heathing can, be|&s;ides its certain Security again&s;t the Worm: All which, as well as the Par|ticulars above-mention'd, is prov'd by full Certificates of the Commander and Officers of the <HI>Antelope,</HI> and &s;uch experienc'd <HI>Ma&s;ters</HI> and <HI>Comman|ders</HI> of Ships as were pre&s;ent when the Commi&s;&s;ioners view'd her Sheathing, and many others that have &s;een it &s;ince. This Nicety, I &s;ay, to prove its Cheapne&s;s, one would think, were needle&s;s; but that it hath &s;o long labour'd under Prejudice, by the fal&s;e Sugge&s;tions of its Adver&s;aries, again&s;t which it could be reliev'd only by Patience to wait for new Tryals, and vi&s;ible Demon&s;trations of its Goodne&s;s, from new Ex|periments to be made, the former being long &s;ince put out of the reach of Evidence, and its Enemies thereby encourag'd to rai&s;e Stories to for|tifie their Clamour again&s;t it, till this Tryal upon the <HI>Antelope,</HI> which proves to the World the Excellency of this Sheathing, and clearly an|&s;wers all Objections again&s;t its Goodne&s;s; its <HI>Dearne&s;s</HI> now, which was never thought of before, is &s;tarted to hinder its progre&s;s; tho' 'twould be very ridiculous for any one to pretend by any Invention to introduce a New Thing into u&s;e, and not to make it con&s;iderably <HI>cheaper,</HI> in one re&s;pect or other, as well as <HI>better,</HI> than that in&s;tead of which he propo&s;es it to be us'd, for <HI>dear</HI> and <HI>cheap</HI> are relative Words, there being nothing <HI>dear or cheap in it &s;elf;</HI> and &s;ure no-body expects a Plain to be cover'd with Lead as cheap as with Boards at the fir&s;t penny: yet if he con|&s;ults nothing of the Advantages above-mention'd, but its Duration only, he'll quickly find this Sheathing is Cheap enough, if he can be conten|ted to have it for Nothing; for the Graving upon his Wood-&s;heathing being &s;av'd, in le&s;s than Seven Years time, will more than pay for the Lead-&s;heathing it &s;elf; and he may u&s;e it Seven Years more for Nothing, as it may prove, (this Lead pre&s;erving the Plank, Seams, and Iron-work better than the other, as above) be&s;ides the total lo&s;s of his 157 <HI>l.</HI> 10 <HI>s.</HI> which the Wood-&s;heathing co&s;t him out of his Pocket at fir&s;t.</P>
<P>As the Shipwrights and their Friends, by their Artifice, Intere&s;t, and Fal&s;e Sugge&s;tions (taking advantage of Differences that happen'd between the <HI>Mill'd-Lead-Partners</HI> them&s;elves, neglecting due Care in their Common Concern) have been able to procure the di&s;continuance of the Lead-&s;heath|ing with <HI>this Navy-board's Predece&s;&s;ors,</HI> no Ship remaining Sheath'd for them&s;elves to view, that they might judge of the Truth and Validity of the Objections rais'd again&s;t it, &s;o it is not to be doubted, now that they have &s;een this Evidence upon the <HI>Antelope</HI>'s Sheathing, and con&s;ider'd the great Benefit that may accrew to the King's Service, as well as to the Publick in general, but they will in due time re&s;tore the u&s;e thereof to the Navy.</P>
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<P> The like al&s;o has been the Endeavour of the <HI>Plumbers</HI> and their Friends, to decry the U&s;e of this <HI>Mill'd Lead</HI> for Buildings, and have in great mea|&s;ure ob&s;tructed it (where they have had an Intere&s;t, or been believ'd) with Private Per&s;ons, as well as in the King's and Publick Works, but could not prevail with the Impartial and Honourable Commi&s;&s;ioners for <HI>Greenwich Ho&s;pital,</HI> when they plainly &s;aw the Advantage that would ac|crew to the Charity they were entru&s;ted with, by preferring the U&s;e of this <HI>Mill'd Lead</HI> in their Works, tho' great Applications were made even by the Corporation of <HI>Plumbers,</HI> and the Be&s;t Friends they could make.</P>
<P>&rindx; <HI>All &s;uch as have occa&s;ion for this</HI> Mill'd-Lead-Sheathing, <HI>which per|haps may be better done upon the Careen, with le&s;s Charge to the Owner than in a Dock; or for any Other Sort of</HI> Mill'd Lead, <HI>of any thick|ne&s;s, and the u&s;ual breadth of three foot and an half, twice as long as any</HI> Plumber <HI>pretends to ca&s;t, if need require, for covering Churches, Hou&s;es, and all Works wherein</HI> Sheet-Lead <HI>is us'd, and &s;ome that ca&s;t Lead is not capable of, Better, and above</HI> 20 per Cent. <HI>Cheaper, than</HI> Ca&s;t-Lead <HI>can be; as is prov'd in a &s;mall Book, wherein al&s;o is an Account of the former Proceedings about the</HI> Mill'd-Lead-Sheathing <HI>and other matters, to be had at the Book&s;ellers following,</HI> viz. <HI>Mr.</HI> Nelme<HI>'s, at the Leg and Star in</HI> Cornhill; <HI>Mr.</HI> Simp&s;on<HI>'s, at the Harp in St.</HI> Paul<HI>'s Church-yard; Mr.</HI> Ba&s;&s;et<HI>'s, at</HI> Temple-bar; <HI>and Mr.</HI> Henchman<HI>'s, in</HI> We&s;tmin&s;ter-hall:</P>
<P><HI>Mr.</HI> Hale, <HI>at the</HI> Mill'd-Lead <HI>Sign in</HI> Orange-&s;treet, <HI>by</HI> Red-Lyon-Square, <HI>undertakes Any of the &s;aid Works, having able</HI> Plumbers, <HI>and Workmen &s;ufficient to perform the &s;ame; and &s;ells his Solder for</HI> 6 d. <HI>a pound, which the</HI> Plumbers <HI>by Combi|nation &s;ell for</HI> 9 d.</P>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed 16 <HI>May,</HI> 1698.</P>
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