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Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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In Paris, a grocer assisted by a member of the Nazareth convent has discovered a simple method to desalinate sea water without fire or chemicals, by adding a liquid that causes fermentation and precipitation of salt, at a cost of 24 sols per ton, hailed as potentially one of the most useful inventions of the age.
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Paris, Feb. 12. A grocer of this city, assisted by a person of the religious order, belonging to the convent of Nazareth, has discovered the secret of rendering sea-water fresh and potable, without either the use of fire, or any chemical process. A small quantity of liquid poured into a vessel of sea-water immediately raises a fermentation, and precipitates the saline qualities to the bottom. The expense of taking the salt from a ton of sea-water is said to be 24 sols. Should this supposed discovery be realized, it will doubtless be one of the most useful of the present age.
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Paris
Event Date
Feb. 12
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cost of 24 sols per ton of sea-water; potential for desalination without fire or chemicals.
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A grocer in Paris, with help from a religious person from the Nazareth convent, discovered a method to make sea-water fresh and potable by adding a small quantity of liquid that causes fermentation and precipitates the salt.