When the frigate Protector was sold to Denmark in the 1780s and renamed Hussaren, its distillation apparatus was studied and documented in detail. In the United States, Thomas Jefferson later compiled earlier heat-based desalination methods and circulated practical guidance for their maritime use.

Industrial era (19th century)

Desalination methods changed significantly from the beginning of the 19th century with the spread of the

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