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An account of a useful discovery to distill double the usual quantity of sea-water, by blowing showers of air up through the distilling liquor

An account of a useful discovery to distill double the usual quantity of sea-water, by blowing showers of air up through the distilling liquor

by Stephen Hales

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Author
Hales, Stephen, 1677-1761
Title
An account of a useful discovery to distill double the usual quantity of sea-water, by blowing showers of air up through the distilling liquor : and an account of the great benefit of ventilators in many instances, in preserving the health and lives of people, in slave and other transport ships ... also an account of the good effect of blowing showers of air up through milk, thereby to cure the ill taste which is occasioned by some kinds of food of cows.
Original Publication
United Kingdom: Richard Manby, 1756.
Credits
SF2001 and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
VM: Naval science: Naval architecture, Shipbuilding, Marine engineering
Subject
Ships -- Heating and ventilation
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 71081
Release Date
July 1, 2023
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.AN ACCOUNT OF A Useful DISCOVERY TO Distill double the usual Quantity of Sea - Water , by blowing Showers of Air up through the Distilling Liquor :
  2. 2.AN ACCOUNT OF THE Great Benefit of blowing Showers of Fresh Air up thro’ Distilling Liquors .
  3. 3.AN APPENDIX TO THE — FINIS. — Transcriber’s Notes

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