Irving Wet-Mop Still — Phipps Arctic 1773
Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. A sailing fleet. Not a still, and not a portrait of the Racehorse or the Carcass.
Overview
Carcass Coxswain — Phipps Arctic Voyage 1773 already records the coxswain posting. This note covers the distillation apparatus Southey names on that voyage only. A later naval still, a patent number, and a measured daily yield from any other source stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE.1
The Apparatus
Southey says the ships were provided with a simple apparatus for distilling fresh from salt water, the invention of Dr. Irving, who accompanied the expedition. It consisted in fitting a tube to the ship’s kettle and applying a wet mop to the surface as the vapour was passing. By those means, from thirty-four to forty gallons were produced every day.2
The coxswain posting stays on Carcass Coxswain — Phipps Arctic Voyage 1773. This page does not name a still-maker beyond Irving, and it does not invent a later Admiralty adoption.
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Footnotes
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Coxswain posting only: Carcass Coxswain — Phipps Arctic Voyage 1773. ↩
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“The ships were provided with a simple and excellent apparatus for distilling fresh from salt water, the invention of Dr. Irving, who accompanied the expedition. It consisted merely in fitting a tube to the ship’s kettle, and applying a wet mop to the surface, as the vapour was passing. By these means, from thirty-four to forty gallons were produced every day.” @southey1813nelson vol. 1, p. 12 (1813). Do not invent a patent, a later Navy Board order, or a yield from another voyage. ↩