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, which were read before the Royal society. 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
By: By Stephen Hales
Contributors: Royal Society (Great Britain)
Edition: Second ed / With an appendix; in which is an account of some farther considerable improvements made in the method of procuring plenty of fresh-water at sea ..
Publisher: R. Manby
Published: 1756
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 72
Subjects: Ships; Seawater; Heating and ventilation; Distillation
Notes: ESTC T106857.