Philosophical experiments...instructions for... undertake long voyages at sea (1739)

PHILOSOPHICAL
EXPERIMENTS: containing
Useful, and Necessary INSTRUCTIONS for such
as undertake long Voyages at Sea.
Shewing how SEA-WATER may be made
FRESH and WHOLESOME : 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 virtueto a greater degree than has hitherto been done.
Likewise a proposal for cleansing away mud &c out of
Rivers, Harbours and Reservoirs
 by
STEPHEN HALES, D. D. F. R. S
Rector of Farringdon in Hampshire, and
Minister of Teddington, Middlesex.
LONDON: 1739