Template:Did you know nominations/Charles Irving (surgeon)

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Desertarun (talk) 17:59, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

Charles Irving (surgeon)

(

)

Irving's apparatus for distillation of seawater

~~... that James Cook used Charles Irving's apparatus (pictured) to produce fresh water during his second voyage?~~ Source: Beaglehole, John C. (1961). The journals of Captain James Cook on his voyages of discovery: The voyage of the Resolution and Adventure, 1772-1775, p. xxvi. Also in [1].
- ALT1:~~... that Charles Irving was the surgeon on HMS Racehorse during an attempt to sail to the North Pole?~~ Source: Ann Savours, "A Very Interesting Point in Geography": The 1773 Phipps Expedition towards the North Pole [2]

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Tony Colston-Hayter
Comment: Could also use File:HMS Racehorse and HMS Carcass.jpg to illustrate ALT1. Other hook suggestions welcome.

Moved to mainspace by Kusma (talk). Self-nominated at 10:22, 7 May 2021 (UTC).

Interesting life, on fine sources, subscription sources accepted AGF, no copyvio obvious. I could approve ALT1 right away, but think the original is closer to what he stood for. It relies on readers knowing that Cook was a seafarer, and I am not sure they do. Perhaps use the phrase from the lead about distilling seawater? ... and/or bring the voyage link more to the beginning? - Both images are licensed, but the apparatus doesn't show well in small size. The ships show the time, but "sail" supplies a similar information. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:24, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

Thanks Gerda Arendt. The image is a bit "some confusing technical drawing" at any size, but I guess people could still find it interesting. Here are slight reformulations including seawater/putting the voyage to the front.

ALT0a ... that Charles Irving's apparatus (pictured) for the distillation of seawater was used during James Cook's 1772-1775 voyage round the world?
ALT0b ... that during the 1772-1775 second voyage of James Cook, Charles Irving's apparatus (pictured) was used to produce fresh water by distillation of seawater?

If this runs with the image, "distillation of seawater" is in the image caption, though, and shouldn't need to be stated in the hook again. —Kusma (t·c) 10:41, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

thank you for fine ALTs, - I prefer0a, but up to the prep builder, same about the image. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:00, 13 May 2021 (UTC)