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September 1784
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"To the Prisoners in Maidstone Gaol.
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"It is well known that when a Number of Men are
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confined in close Places, that their breathing Air so confined
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renders it unfit to support Life, and that they frequently die
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very suddenly; which alarming Circumstance ought to Caution
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those deprived of their Liberty to use such Methods as are known
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to purify the air. And as it is the indispensible Duty of every
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Man to prolong that Life which is given him as a State of Trial
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on which will depend his future eternal Happiness or Misery
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it is hoped no rational Man will neglect to make use of these
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effectual methods which are here offered him.
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As Lime Water is well known to purify Air that has
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been rendered noxious by being too often breathed in the
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Shower Machine by letting it fall as Rain, purifies what Air
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it comes in contact with, of one bad Quality it has acquired
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from its being too frequently breathed; and another Quality
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that has been given to it, from the Pestilential Disease now
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prevalent in the Gaol, will be corrected from Showers of
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Vinegar impregnated with antisceptic Herbs falling through
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it and letting in fresh Air.
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Therefore it is earnestly recommended, that Lime Water
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and Vinegar so impregnated be suffered alternately to fall as
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showers in all parts of each Room Passage Etc that this Machine
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can be wheeled to; and over each Bed, and such parts as it
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cannot reach it is advised that a Man force away by the Fan
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the Air of such places towards the purifier to make room for
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that which has already been corrected
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"To purify uninhabited Rooms
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"Boiling Vinegar, impregnated with the Herbs above
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mentioned is to be thrown to all parts of the Rooms, (vizt.
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Cieling, Walls Etc) by the Engine, while the Door and every other
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opening next
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or other part of the Gaol, is close stopped
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and the window, and every opening next the external Air is
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open. Afterwards boiling Lime Water is to be thrown in the
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