ulysse77 Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 I found a french treaty written in 1690 about the states water would go through aboard a ship. It was potable for about 2 months aboard, but with the tempersture near the tropics it would start to get a rusty colour and smelll terrible for about 2 weeks. It would then clear up a bit but still have a taste for about a week. She would the be somewhat pure for 3 . The the rust colour would reappear and worms would start to show up, about the lenght of a finger and the thickness of wheat blade. They would filter out the worms with cottons. After a few weeks the worms would dies out but the water would turn milky. She would then stay that way and still potable but smaller worm would be present so small that they could not be filtered. I use the term potable loosely. They finally figures thst the wood of the barrel would cause the water to ´rot´. And quality was improved when they started to carry it in tin barrel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Danforth Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 I read a similar thing from the English side of the channel about algae in the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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