Sea-Water Fresh Water Patent Notice (20 May 1700)

Artifact Summary
Artifact type	Gazette
Creator/author	The London Gazette
Date	20 May 1700
Period	Stuart
City and country of origin	Jamaica Coffee-House, Cornhill, London, England
Abstract

Entry

• Imprint/call number: The London Gazette, issue 3603 (20 May 1700), page 1
• Keywords: Gazette; London Gazette; Gazette notice; Patent And Technology Notice; Patents; Maritime Technology; Water; Empire
• Latitude: 51.5136
• Longitude: -0.0875
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• Economic theme: Empire; Maritime Technology; Patents; Water
• Practice/technology: Print culture; Gazette notice
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• Legal/political context: Printed notice in The London Gazette; commercial and official print culture
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[The London Gazette, issue 3603 (20 May 1700), page 1.] Source page: issue page.

This is to give notice, that the Art of making Sea-water fresh, the practice whereof was by Act of Parliament granted to William Walcot Esq., the first and true inventor, his executors, administrators, and assigns, for 31 years, was made use of in the voyage to Jamaica, and the whole ship's crew were supplied with fresh water by the practice from the sea-water with little trouble or charge. Particulars may be had at the Jamaica Coffee-House in Cornhill from William Boston, or in his absence from Mr. Robert Wilson, merchant.

Editorial note: Normalized conservatively from a damaged patent notice anchored by the Jamaica Coffee-House line. Mapped conservatively to the Cornhill area in the City of London. Retained as a rare Gazette witness to patented maritime provisioning technology.