Author: CONSOLARIO, Lt. Comdr. W. V., Lt. N. Pace, and A. C. Ivy
Title: Drinking Water from Sea Water
Description: Washington, DC, Smithsonian Institution, 1945. pp. 153 - 163.8vo.11 page printed off-print, with two photos plates: all vg+ cond. Reprinted from the United States Naval Institute Proceedings, vol. 70, No. 8. Whole No. 498, August, 1944 and included as a part of the Smithsonian Annual Report 1945. With two photo plates. A study of the Naval Medical Research Institute's interest in methods of prolonging survival after shipwreck (an important topic during World War II). Fascinating, particularly for the discussion of early, chemical, methods of converting sea water into drinking water. With bibliography. .

Keywords: Potability;Shipwrecks;Life rafts;Survival techniques


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