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035 0 $aocn230990438
040 $aHMS$cHMS
090 $aVM503$b.H13
100 1 $aHales, Stephen,$d1677-1761.
245 13 $aAn account of a useful discovery to distill double the usual quantity of seawater, by blowing showers of air up through the distilling liquor :$band also to have the distilled water perfectly fresh and good by means of a little chalk. 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 /$cby Stephen Hales ...
260 $aLondon :$bPrinted for Richard Manby, in the Old-Bailey, near Ludgate-Hill,$cMDCCLVI [1756]
300 $a59, [1] p., 1 leaf of plates ;$c19 cm. (8vo)
510 4 $aESTC$cT106858
650 0 $aSeawater$xDistillation$vEarly works to 1800.
650 0 $aVentilation$vEarly works to 1800.
650 0 $aMilk hygiene$vEarly works to 1800.
650 0 $aDrinking water$vEarly works to 1800.
650 0 $aNaval hygiene$vEarly works to 1800.
650 2 $aSeawater
650 2 $aDistillation
650 2 $aVentilation
650 2 $aMilk
650 2 $aNaval Medicine
752 $aEngland$dLondon.