Holograph notes on rate of output of copper

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Ten mills working 20 hours per day sufficed for coyning 90000li per week in shillings, or 15000li per day, or 150000 p shillings in 10 hours & one mill for 15000 in 10 hours. And 150000 half pence is {illeg} 375{illeg}lwt at 20d pence per pound wt. And this is done with 45 hor{illeg}ses & a miller at 3s pr day each & 2s a labourer, that is {illeg} for 20s, or 240 pence, {illeg}that is for $\frac{\mathrm{16}}{\mathrm{25}}$d per lwt, or 2d per 3lwt. And if the copper go but thrice twice through the mill, it will be done for $\frac{\mathrm{4}}{\mathrm{9}}$d per lwt.

One cutter dispat{illeg}ches 26 pieces in a minute that is 780 pence in an hour or that is 40lwt in an hour or 320lwt in 8 hours. And this is done wth a moneyer & a laburer {sic} to bend the scissel &c for 7s that is for $\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{4}}$d per lwt.

One flatter dispat wth two men dispatches {illeg}1$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}$lwt in a minute, {illeg} 90lwt in an hour & {illeg}720lwt in 8 hours for less than {illeg}4s, or 1lwt for $\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{25}}$d $\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{15}}$d.

One Marking Engin dispatches 200lwt per diem for 43s & 14d pr diem Smiths works, the & works for $\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{4}}$ per lwt.

One press works {illeg} dispatches {illeg}40lwt in an hour & 320lwt in 8 hours for 13s, & so works for {illeg} $\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}$d per lwt.

Nealing & blanching $\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}$ per lwt. & Smiths work $\frac{\mathrm{3}}{\mathrm{4}}$d per lwt

Total 2d$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{4}}$ {illeg}pr lwt.