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An historical account of a new method for extracting the foul air out of ships, etc. with the description and draught of the machines, by which it is performed: in two letters to a friend / by Samuel Sutton.

  • Sutton, Samuel.
Date:
1749
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An historical account of a new method for extracting the foul air out of ships, etc. with the description and draught of the machines, by which it is performed: in two letters to a friend / by Samuel Sutton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    vet, as it was fent to the lords of the admiralty, I thought it expe¬ dient to give an anfwer to it, in the following letter to the earl of Winchelfea. My Lord, TH O' I have petitioned the right honourable the lords of the admiralty feveral times, and even wrote to your lordfhip, in re¬ ference to my extracting foul air out of his majefty’s fhips, and ne¬ ver received any anfwer, except an extract from captain Gregory s let¬ ter ; yet, in juftice to my fcheme, I apprehended my fell obliged to lay before your lordfhip fome juft re¬ marks on the faid extraCt, which I hope will effectually remove any inferences that may be thence drawn, to the prejudice of my ufeful