A reply to Dr. Trotter's second pamphlet, respecting the means of destroying the fire-damp / by the author of "An address to the proprietors and managers of coal mines."

Date:
1806
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Credit: A reply to Dr. Trotter's second pamphlet, respecting the means of destroying the fire-damp / by the author of "An address to the proprietors and managers of coal mines.". Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    It would have been eafy for Dr. Trotter, had it equally fuited his purpofe, to have affigned more honourable motives for the ffridlures, which his pamphlet has occa- fioned. For whenever a propofal is brought before the public, which profeifes to ac- complifh a benevolent objedl by new and untried means, efpecially if the ufe of thefe means be neceflarily accompanied with ha- zard, and is intended to fuperfede practices of ellablifhed utility, it is the undoubted right of every member of the community to canvafs it with freedom, and to {late with- out referve every objection, which occurs againil its adoption. And if the views of are only a fmall proportion. “ Malignant duumvirate,” p. 8. “ Men who are adepts at mifreprefentation and for a hellifli purpofe,” p. 13. “ They have, thus hyaenalike, the fouled bead of prey,” &c. (ib.) befide taxing us with “ fallehood and dander,” p. 15 ; “ artful fophiftry and vulgar malig- nity,” p. 24, and with “ impeaching Omnipotence,” p. 23.