Memorials of the lineage, early life, education and development of the genius of James Watt

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and Mathematics, and more especially upon Geometry, Mechanics, Astronomy, Navi-
gation, the Motion, Eesistance, and other properties of Fluids, and the science and
art of Navigation.
" 2d. That a Catalogue shall be made of the said books, signed by the guardians
thereof hereby appointed, and the books shall be marked and numbered in some
durable manner as belonging to the Mathematical School, and they shall be kept in
some proper place under the care of the master of the said school.
" 3d. That if any of the said books shall be lost or destroyed, the Magistrates and
Town-Council shall engage for themselves and their successors in office, that the
same shall be replaced at the public expense of the said town.
" ith. That a small annual subscription be exacted from each scholar using the
said books, in order to add to their number, and so make up for tear and wear.
" 5th. That the Kev. Dr. Scott, one of the ministers of Greenock, Messrs. Andrew
Anderson, James Watt of Crawfordsdyke, and James Walkinshaw, along with the
master of said school for the time being, and any two other gentlemen who shall be
named for that purpose by the said Magistrates, shall be the purchasers and guardians
of the said books, and whenever the four guardians first above-named, by death, resig-
nation, or disability, shall be reduced to two, then it shall be lawful for the remaining
two to choose two others in their place ; and at all times hereafter when similar
vacancies shall occur, they shall be supplied by other proper persons chosen by
the surviving trustees ; and in like manner, the said Magistrates shall, from time
to time, supply any deficiency which shall occur in the guardians to be appointed
by them.
" 6th. That any time or times hereafter, it shall be competent to the said Magis-
trates, with the advice and consent of the major part of the said guardians for the
time being, to make such additional rules and regulations relative to the use and
preservation of the said books, as shall to them seem meet and proper.
" 1th. That an act of sederunt shall be entered in the Town's Books, agreeing to
the above terms, and confirming the same ; and an attested copy thereof shall be
transmitted to the said James Watt of Heathfield.
" My intention, in this donation, is to form the beginning of a
scientific library, for the instruction of the youth of Greenock ; and I
hope it will prompt others to add to it, and to render my townsmen
as eminent for their knowledge, as they are for their spirit of enter-
prise. These being my views, they induce me to hope for your, and