The Archive · 1900

FRESH WATER

The two following graphs are from the Japan unzetce Another distiller capable of producing pure water at the rate of 30 to 60 tons per day and night has recently been sent to North China, having been installed on board a transport. The machine was purchased at Osaka and claims to be the most capacious one of the kind now in wse in China. As 40 tons of pure water are daily turned out by other distillers (the property of our navy), which have for some time been in operation at the Taku forts, the aggregate output of these machines and that just seat out will be fairly sufficient to meet the needs of the allied troops.

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