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A fact from Charles Irving (surgeon) appeared on Wikipedia's
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... that
James Cook used Charles Irving's apparatus (pictured) to produce fresh water during his
second voyage? Source: Beaglehole, John C. (1961). The journals of Captain James Cook on his voyages of discovery: The voyage of the Resolution and Adventure, 1772-1775, p. xxvi. Also in
[1].
ALT1:... that Charles Irving was the surgeon on
HMS Racehorse during an attempt to sail to the North Pole? Source: Ann Savours, "A Very Interesting Point in Geography": The 1773 Phipps Expedition towards the North Pole[2]
Interesting life, on fine sources, subscription sources accepted AGF, no copyvio obvious. I could approve ALT1 right away, but think the original is closer to what he stood for. It relies on readers knowing that Cook was a seafarer, and I am not sure they do. Perhaps use the phrase from the lead about distilling seawater? ... and/or bring the voyage link more to the beginning? - Both images are licensed, but the apparatus doesn't show well in small size. The ships show the time, but "sail" supplies a similar information. --
Gerda Arendt (
talk)
21:24, 12 May 2021 (UTC)reply
Thanks
Gerda Arendt. The image is a bit "some confusing technical drawing" at any size, but I guess people could still find it interesting. Here are slight reformulations including seawater/putting the voyage to the front.
ALT0b ... that during the 1772-1775
second voyage of
James Cook, Charles Irving's apparatus (pictured) was used to produce fresh water by distillation of seawater?
If this runs with the image, "distillation of seawater" is in the image caption, though, and shouldn't need to be stated in the hook again. —
Kusma (
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c)
10:41, 13 May 2021 (UTC)reply
Linking through redirect in case the article is ever split.
"Phipps' 1774" sadly, we now insist on "Phipps's"
Made worse.
"but Lord ..., but to ..." repetitive.
Improved.
"guardacostas" link? Or do we simply mean "coast guards"?
I think they were privateers. I haven't found the best possible link yet, will report back or footnote. May have been more or less coast guards, unlike the privateers of 50 years earlier. (some sources if I need them later:
[3],
[4],
[5]). I just put "(coast guards)" after guarda costas for now.
"lost a sum of £3,723" delete "a sum of" and inflate.