In 1740 he was appointed to the vague-sounding office of Clerk of the Irons and Surveyor of the Meltings in the Mint, a sinecure which, after the manner of the time, required no personal attention from the holder.
Clerk of the Irons and Surveyor of Meltingsat the Mint.
There was, however, only one troublesome corner, but this happened to be exactly where the meltings of an upper snow-bed poured over on us in an icy stream.
Besides the falls of the Sarca in the bottom of the valley, the meltings of two great ice-fields have to find a way down its precipitous sides.
After two meltings of rough sulphur (as imported from Sicily or Italy), eighty-four per cent.
This lining lasts generally 5 or 6 weeks, when there are 6 meltings weekly.
The bar of metal upon cooling should be weighed, and the difference--as most meltings show a little--noted.
It will also stand more frequent meltings than any of the rest.
Spencer Perceval obtained the sinecure office of Surveyor of the Meltings and Clerk of the Irons in 1791.
Besides, the stream was now swollen with the meltings of the day.
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