LAWRENCE EARNSHAW
MOTTRAM
DIED MAY 12th 1767
AND WAS BURIED IN THE
ADJOINING CHURCHYARD.
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A SELF TAUGHT GENIUS AND
OF HUMBLE BIRTH HIS TALENTS
AS AN INVENTOR ANTICIPATED
BY MANY YEARS THE DISCOVERIES
OF OTHER EMINENT MEN.
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BY HIS SKILL IN GEOMETRY
AND
ACOUIREMENTS AS A MECHANICIAN
HE DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED
AN ASTRONOMICAL CLOCK
REGISTERING THE REVOLUTIONS
OF THE HEAVENLY BODIES AND
THE FLOW OF THE TIDES.
A CENTURY AFTER HIS DECEASE
THE ADMIRERS OF HIS GENIUS
AND WORTH
ERECTED THIS MEMORIAL.
A.D. 1867
JOHN EATON
ASHTON