_Draught or Draft of Air._--Will some of your contributors inform a
reader what term or word may be correctly used to signify the phrase
"current of air" up the flue of a chimney, or through a room, &c.? The
word _draught_ or _draft_ is generally or universally used; but that
signification is not to be found attached to the word _draught_ or
_draft_ in any dictionary accessible to the inquirer. The word is used by
many English scientific writers, and was undoubtedly used by Dr. Franklin
to signify a current of air in the flue of a chimney (see also Ure's
_Dict._). Yet the word cannot be found in Johnson or Ogilvie's _Imp.
Dict._ with this signification. The word "tirage" is also used by French
writers with the above signification; and though in French dictionaries
its meaning is nearly the same, and nearly as extended as the English
word _draught_ or _draft_, yet it cannot be found in the _Dict. de
l'Acad._ to signify as above.
New York.
_Admiral Sir Thomas Tyddeman_ commanded the squadron sent during the
war with the Dutch in the reign of Charles II. to assist in the capture
of certain richly laden merchant vessels which had put into Bremen, but
(owing to the treachery of the Danish governor, who instead of acting in
concert with the English, as had been agreed, opened fire upon them from
the town) was unable to effect his purpose.
After the admiral's return to England, a question was raised as to his
conduct during the engagement; and some persons went so far as to accuse
him of cowardice; but the Duke of York, who was then in command of the
fleet, entirely freed him from such charges, and declared that he had
acted with the greatest discretion and bravery in the whole affair.
He died soon after this, in 1668, according to Pepys's account, of a
broken heart occasioned by the scandal that had been circulated about
him, and the slight he felt he was suffering from the Parliament.
Perhaps some of your readers can inform me where I may meet with farther
particulars relating to Admiral Tyddeman. I am particularly desirous to
gain information as to his family and his descendants; also to learn upon
what occasion he was created a baronet or knight.