▁in ▁force ▁and ▁the ▁in fr ingers , ▁except ▁for ▁Jonathan ▁Horn b lower , ▁all ▁began ▁to ▁sett le ▁their ▁cases . ▁Horn b lower ▁was ▁soon ▁brought ▁to ▁trial ▁and ▁the ▁ver dict ▁of ▁the ▁four ▁jud ges ▁( in ▁ 1 7 9 9 ) ▁was ▁decis ively ▁in ▁favour ▁of ▁W att . ▁Their ▁friend ▁John ▁Wil kin son , ▁who ▁had ▁solved ▁the ▁problem ▁of ▁b oring ▁an ▁accurate ▁cyl inder , ▁was ▁a ▁particularly ▁gr iev ous ▁case . ▁He ▁had ▁ere cted ▁about ▁twenty ▁engines ▁without ▁B oul ton ' s ▁and ▁W att s ' ▁knowledge . ▁They ▁finally ▁agreed ▁to ▁sett le ▁the ▁in fr ing ement ▁in ▁ 1 7 9 6 . ▁B oul ton ▁and ▁W att ▁never ▁collected ▁all ▁that ▁was ▁ow ed ▁them , ▁but ▁the ▁disput es ▁were ▁all ▁settled ▁directly ▁between ▁the ▁parties ▁or ▁through ▁arbitr ation . ▁These ▁tri als ▁were ▁extremely ▁cost ly ▁in ▁both ▁money ▁and ▁time , ▁but ▁ultimately ▁were ▁successful ▁for ▁the ▁firm . ▁ ▁Copy ing ▁machine ▁ ▁Before ▁ 1 7 8 0 ▁there ▁was ▁no ▁good ▁method ▁for ▁making ▁copies ▁of ▁letters ▁or ▁draw ings . ▁The ▁only ▁method ▁sometimes ▁used ▁was ▁a ▁mechanical ▁one ▁using ▁linked ▁multiple ▁pens . ▁W att ▁at ▁first ▁experiment ed ▁with ▁impro ving ▁this ▁method , ▁but ▁soon ▁gave ▁up ▁on ▁this ▁approach ▁because ▁it ▁was ▁so ▁cum bers ome . ▁He ▁instead ▁decided ▁to ▁try ▁to ▁phys ically ▁transfer ▁some ▁in k