Open AccessCIV. An account of some trials to keep water and fish sweet, with lime-water
Publication year - 1753
Publication title -
philosophical transactions of the royal society of london
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9223
pISSN - 0261-0523
DOI - 10.1098/rstl.1753.0104
Subject(s) - lime , pound (networking) , fish <actinopterygii> , horticulture , mathematics , fishery , biology , metallurgy , materials science , computer science , world wide web
Dr. Alston, of Edinburgh, having found, that the small proportion of a pound of slack’d-lime in a hogshead of water, stirring it, effectually preserved the water sweet, not only in a glass or earthen vessels, but also in a new oaken vessel.