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XII. An eafy Method to diflill frejh Water 

 from Salt Water at Sea \ by Capt. Newland. 



Read March 12, )r | -i H E materials neceffary for this 

 1 procefs are the Following ; a cop- 

 per or iron pot of 15 or 20 gallons, an empty cafk, 

 ibme meet lead, a fmall jar,- a few wood~afhes of 

 foap, and billet-wood for fewel. See Tab. V. fig. 6. 

 where A is the mil or pot ; B the pipe or worm \ 

 C the worm tub j D the receiver; EE the fagongor 

 fire-place; and/ the plug-hole to put in water. 



First, In order to make my pipe or worm B, 

 I took as much meet lead as I thought was fufti- 

 cient for the purpofe, and beat it on a fponge ftaffto 

 make it round : this being done, I was fomewhat at 

 a lofs for folder ; however, I fupplied that defici- 

 ency with good pafte and dungerec (or thin canvas) 

 laid well on, and over that, a fecond coat of pafte 

 and dungerec, and then a covering of fmall cered 

 line hove clofe together and very tight round, over 

 which I put my third coat of pafte and dungerec, 

 which I found, to my great latisfaclion, was fufficient 

 to keep it from blowing. The next thing was to 

 fix my pipe B in the pot or ftill head A. When I had 

 well fecured the pot in the fagong E E. I filled it 

 •^bout two thirds full of fait water (about 1 5 gallons), 

 with which I mixt two'or three double handfulls of 

 wood-allies, and ftirred it well together, in order to 

 loften the (alt water; I then fixt the lid (which was 



made 



