Mr. John Davies, the master attendant of the Royal Clarence Victualling Establishment, Portsmouth, has just completed a ships cooking galley, of extraordinary dimensions, for her Majesty's iron. steam frigate Simoom. It cooks food for a thousand men, and will distil ninety gallons of fresh water from salt water, per hour.

SG & SGTL ; Vol. 9 p. 126

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