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Philosophical Experiments Containing Useful and Necessary Instructions for Such as Undertake Long Voyages at Sea
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Philosophical Experiments: Containing Useful, and Necessary Instructions for Such as Undertake Long Voyages at Sea; Shewing How Sea-Water May Be Made ... May Be Preserv'd Sweet (Classic Reprint)
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Philosophical Experiments: Containing Useful, And Necessary Instructions For Such As Undertake Long Voyages At Sea (1739)
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Philosophical experiments; containing useful and necessary instructions for such and undertake long voyages at sea shewing how sea-water may be made ... to wich is added an account of several exp
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Philosophical Experiments: Containing Useful, and Necessary Instructions for such as undertake long Voyages at Sea. Shewing how Sea-Water may be made Fresh and Wholsome: And how Freshwater may be preserv’d Sweet. How Biscuit, Corn, &c. may be secured from the Weevel, Meggots, and other Insects. And Flesh preserv’d in hot Climates, by Salting Animals whole. To which is added, An Account of several Experiments and Observations on Chalybeate or Steel-Waters: With some Attempts to convey them to distant Places, preserving their Virtue to a greater Degree than has hitherto been done. Likewise a Proposal for cleaning away Mud, &c. out of Rivers, Harbours, and Reservoirs.
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First edition. Printed for W. Innys and R. Manby, at the West End of St Paul's; and T. Woodward, at the Half-Moon between the Temple-Gates, in Fleet-Street. London. 1739. Octavo. Half title; imprim. Hans Sloane Pr. Reg. Soc. dated March 29, 1739; Title; xxx, (1) errata; 163; engraved plate; (6) index; (2) printer's catalogue. Recent half calf, marbled boards, spine in six compartments with raised bands, gilt rules, leather label, gilt lettering. Renewed endpapers. Light marginal spotting to title page. Smudge to p66 (a blank page). Faint signature James Walford to upper margin of dedication. A crisp, handsome and bright copy.Stephen Hales (1677-1761) FRS, Royal Academy of Sciences. Dedicated to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.
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Philosophical Experiments: containing useful, and necessary instructions for such as undertake long voyages at sea. Shewing how sea-water may be made fresh and wholsome: and how fresh-water may be preserv'd sweet. How Biscuit, Corn, &c. may be secured from the Weevel, Meggots, and other Insects. And Flesh preserv'd in hot Climates, by Salting Animals whole. To which is added, An Account of several Experiments and Observations on Chalybeate or Steel-Waters: With some Attempts to convey them to distant Places, preserving their Virtue to a greater Degree than has hitherto been done. Likewise a Proposal for cleansing away Mud, &c. out of Rivers, Harbours, and Reservoirs..
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London: Printed for W. Innys and R. Maney, 1739. First edition, 8vo (195 x 125 mm), [4], xxx, [2, errata leaf], 163, [1], [6, index], [2, publishers adverts]pp., with half-title, 1 engraved plate, neatly rebound in quarter calf, marbled boards, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt. Stephen Hales (1677-1761) dedicated this work to the Commissioners of the Admiralty with the observation that those in charge of the 'most numerous and Powerful Fleet in the World' had particular use for a work intended chiefly for seafaring persons. Wellcome III, p. 194.
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Philosophical experiments: containing useful, and necessary instructions for such as undertake long voyages at sea. Shewing how sea-water may be made fresh and wholsome: and how fresh-water may be preserv'd sweet. How Biscuit, Corn, &c. may be secured from the Weevel, Meggots, and other Insects. And Flesh preserv'd in hot Climates, by Salting Animals whole. To which is added, An Account of several Experiments and Observations on Chalybeate or Steel-Waters: With some Attempts to convey them to distant Places, preserving their Virtue to a greater Degree than has hitherto been done. Likewise a Proposal for cleansing away Mud, &c. out of Rivers, Harbours, and Reservoirs. Which were read before the Royal-Society
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London: W. Innys and R. Manby, 1739. 8vo. [4], xxx, [2], 163, [1], [6], [2]pp. Engraved plate. Contemporary mottled calf, spine with raised bands into six compartments morocco lettering piece, title gilt. Provenance: Earl of Breadalbane (armorial bookplate) First edition of an important account of scientific efforts to improve the lives of sailors in the English Navy. Stephen Hales (1677-1761) was an English scientist and inventor who made lasting contributions to a range of scientific fields, including botany, physiology, and public health. He was also the first person to measure blood pressure. In this work he proposes lifesaving reforms on English Navy and merchant ships, investigates the distillation of sea-water for drinking, the protection of food from insects, and concludes with a discussion of methods for removing mud from harbors. The experiments in saltwater conducted by Hales were part of the intense period interest in what was known as "salt chymistry," a rich topic that has only…
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