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Large 8vo,[v],6-70,[2]pp., presentation inscription from the author to Sir Thomas Phillipps (the famous book and manuscript collector) at head of title, new endpapers, two small engravings in the text, orig. boards, re-backed, new printed label on upper cover, uncut. One of the earliest recorded descriptions of the use of hermetically sealed vessels to maintain buoyancy when ships are taking water. In addition he proposes using similar sealed globes as buoyancy aids for the crews of foundered ships.

Sl. dusting to titlepage, minor wear to lower edge of first two leaves. 20thC half brown morocco, marbled boards. Inscribed at head of title: 'To Theodore Hook Esq. from the Author'. A good-plus copy. 70pp. 70pp, with the final leaf soliciting public investment for a scheme in which 'the inventor (is) uninfluenced by pecuniary gain'. This 'experimental' pamphlet built on the ideas of the Reverend T. D. Fosbrooke, who had proposed a buoyancy system for ships in 1803; Watson's plan involved the inclusion of hermetically sealed atmospheric tubes in the construction of vessels. The pamphlet is dedicated to the King; the recipient of this copy was Theodore Hook, the novelist and practical joker.