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The little publication in which Hulls attempted to make his scheme known to the world was printed in London in 1737. It is entitled A Description and Draught of a new-invented Machine for carrying Ves sale or Ships out of or into any Harbour, Port, or River against Wind and Tide or in a Calm. In his preface he says, There is one great hardship lies too commonly upon those who propose to advance some new though useful scheme for the public benefit. The world abou cd ing more in rash censure than in a candid and unprejudiced estimation of things, if a person does not answer their expectations in every point, instead of friendly treatment for his good in tentions, he too often meets with ridicule and contempt. But I hope this will not be my case, but that they will form a judgment of my present undertaking only from trial. If it should be said that I have filled this tract with things that foreign to the matter proposed, I answer: There is nothing in it but what is necessary to be understood by those who desire to know the nature of that machine which I now offer to the world, and I hope that, through the blessing of God, it may prove serviceable to my country.
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