New-York daily tribune., 1846-01-28
Making Salt Water Fresh.

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The high commercial standing of your paper caus.
ed me 10 write you my last letter upon Steam Boiler
Explosions. Ventilation &c. &c, therefore again
forward. for the perusal of your maritime and other
highly respectable readers, few brief remarks upon
the inportant subiec; OF having a good supply OF
fresh wsier at hand on chip board in all cases in all
nIaces. and at all times. may, before proceeding
farther. state that many plans have been adopted.
and many experiments tried but from never meet
ing with anv OF them in use, ii may be imagined that,
as many have proved failures, either on account of
cos, bulk. complication. unmanaeeableness. or on
account of the feel used to generate steam, (which
invariably must be done being both costly and
bnlkv. Now. 10 obviate all these difficulties have
q nlan to propose 10 propose, say, and then
leave it in the hands of Others try, 10 perfect 10
Introduce 10 make money by If they can so long as
the moor thirsty souls al sea are benefited. This is
large sea girt nation and like many others it is
greatly dependent upon the noble sailor TOR many OF
;s ysst resources therefore. the comforts of honest
Iack onrbt 10 be sometimes thou ght OF and looked
n however 60 that the and-folks may not think
am partial and sided. will shortly give them
psn how 10 produce all sorts OF Soda and all other
Aereted Waters to si their taste for the approach
ing Summer months-at very trltng cost. Now
for tho proposed plan The sea itself is be made
.ba aoen 10 turn portion of itself into fresh dis
tiId mr. drinking water for culinary and other pur
noses For INSTANCE over the ships side are placed
ouantity of alternate discs of copper and zinc. from
tbasa are wires brought inside thevessei-thus will
he seon galvanic battery is formed the sea being
nrettv large trough of dilute sulphuric acid, &c
Snnnose thai the calvauc circuit is now formed and
co,nnle,e and gnlvanic current is obtained, will
no, that ralvanism like Its brother electricity. fuse
any metal or even melt the diamond with the greatest
desna;chl Certainly it will Well, in this case it must
produce heat and that heat be applied to
thing as well as another by proper arrangements,
or al least il looks good deal like eggs when you
see shells but to go on close vessel say an iron
ke,tle or boiler or still be supplied with water.
and in this vessel the wires terminate. coming in
contact. or nearly So with some platina which is TO
receive the heat and in the long the water
10 boil and give off steam, which steam is TO pass
mn pipe which pipe takes several turns and bends
in the omen air above deck. and then it terminates
in cask which receives the water after its condeR
sa,ion from steam if this is brought out and made
10 act which in all probability it will be- it will act
night and dav. and the advantages 10 ship-owners
md sea.faring men will be immense. Here is an
idea-let some one carry it out and many blessing
will thew receive from Tars in all climates. and Tars
of all Nations Yours obedently, &c. w. F. ".
Uqiou FORKS Paterson N, J. 26th Jan. loit
p. s may add. that il this system be carried
ont the heating of ship-cabins. holds, orecastles.
&c might he performed by the same means. w F. w.