PHILOSOPHICAL EXPERIMENTS: shewing how SEA-WATER may be MADE FRESH and WHOLSOME : and how Fresh- Water may be preserv'd Sweet ; how Biscuit, Corn, etc. may be preserved from the Weevel, Meggots, etc., and Flesh preserv'd in hot Climates by Salting...
Auteur(s) : HALES (Stephen)
Description : in-8, 1739
Titre complet de l'ouvrage : PHILOSOPHICAL EXPERIMENTS: shewing how SEA-WATER may be MADE FRESH and WHOLSOME : and how Fresh- Water may be preserv'd Sweet ; how Biscuit, Corn, etc. may be preserved from the Weevel, Meggots, etc., and Flesh preserv'd in hot Climates by Salting Animals whole, with Experiments and Observations on Chalybeate or Steel Waters, and a Proposal for cleansing away Mud, etc., out of Rivers, Harbours, and Reservoirs