 | James Anderson - 1793 - 396 pages
...the pipe, by the agitation of the fhip. In this, one singularity was, that the furnace or fire box was in the middle of the boiler, so that the water...contact. This still, however, was expensive, and occupied mu:h room. Such were the advances already made in the art of obtaining freih from salt water, when... | |
 | James Anderson - 1793 - 412 pages
...the pipe, by th«' agitation of the fhip. In this, one singularity was, that the furnace or fire box was in the middle of the boiler, so-- that the water...the advances already made in the art of obtaining frefh from salt water, when Mr Isaacks, the petitioner, suggested his discovery. As the merit of this... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1835 - 576 pages
...making from thirty-four to forty gallons of fresh water a day, without any great addition of fuel, as M. de Bougainville in his voyage round the world,...be ascertained by experiment only, the Secretary of Slate asked the favour of Mr. Rittenhouse, president of the American Philosophical Society, of Dr.... | |
 | 1835 - 570 pages
...pipe, by the agitation of the ship. In this, one singularity was, that the furnace or fire-box-was in the middle of the boiler, so that the water surrounded...experiment only, the Secretary of State asked the faveur of Mr. Rittenhouse, president of the American Philosophical Society, of Dr. Wistar, Professor... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1854 - 676 pages
...voyage round the world, used very successfully a still which had been contrived in 1763 by Poyssonier to guard against the water being thrown over from...however, was expensive, and occupied much room. Such was the advances already made in the art of obtaining fresh from salt-water, when Mr. Isaacs, the petitioner,... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1854 - 678 pages
...voyage round the world, used very successfully a still which had been contrived in 1763 by Poyssonier to guard against the water being thrown over from...however, was expensive, and occupied much room. Such was the advances already made in the art of obtaining fresh from salt-water, when Mr. Isaacs, the petitioner,... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1903 - 560 pages
...voyage round the world, used very successfully a still which had been contrived in 1763 by Poyssonier to guard against the water being thrown over from...advances already made in the art of obtaining fresh from salt-water, when Mr. Isaacs, the petitioner, suggested his discovery. As the merit of this could be... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1905 - 1038 pages
...voyage round the world, used very successfully a still which had been contrived in 1763 by Poyssonier to guard against the water being thrown over from...advances already made in the art of obtaining fresh from salt-water, when Mr. Isaacs, the petitioner, suggested his discovery. As the merit of this could be... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations - 1958 - 1404 pages
...round the world, used, very successfully, a still which had been contrived in 1763, by Poyisonier, so as to guard against the water being thrown over...experiment only, the Secretary of State asked the favor of Mr. Rittenhouse, president of the American Philosophical Society, of Dr. Wistar, president... | |
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Poyisonier, so as to guard against the water being thrown over from the boiler into the pipe by the agitation of the ship. In this, one singularity was that the furnace or firebox was in the middle of the boiler, so that the water surrounded it in contact.... 
