Published Resources Details Journal Article
- Title
- Normandy's distiller for torpedo boats
- In
- The Engineer
- Imprint
- vol. 56, 13 July 1883, p. 33
- Description
Accession No.93
- Abstract
Normandy's Patent Marine Aerated Fresh Water Co. Ltd. displayed several of their distilling apparatuses at the Engineering and Metal Trades Exhibition. Their still for torpedo boats was a compact arrangement occupying a space of 40 inches by 22 inches capable of producing 175 pounds of fresh water for every 100 pounds of steam used; the extra 75 pounds being gained by the secondary evaporation of the sea water used for condensing.