Note 349 — Chapter XX · Prosperity of Soho—Young Boulton and Watt—The Riots—William Murdock.
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“We have WON THE CAUSE hollow,” Watt wrote from London. “All the Judges have given their opinions carefully in our favour, and have passed judgment. Some of them made better arguments in our favour than our own counsel, for Rous’s speech was too long and too divergent. I most sincerely give you joy.”—Watt to Boulton, 25th January, 1799.