Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Volume 20Taylor & Francis, 1966 |
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Page 569
... depth of 125 fathoms moved westward at a rate of 1.35 mile an hour ; which , allowance being made for the resistance to the motion of the surface - buoy , was considered by Capt . Nares to indicate that the rate of westward flow of the ...
... depth of 125 fathoms moved westward at a rate of 1.35 mile an hour ; which , allowance being made for the resistance to the motion of the surface - buoy , was considered by Capt . Nares to indicate that the rate of westward flow of the ...
Page 589
... depths . Now it seems to be the universal opinion of those who have most carefully studied the existing Coral For- mations , that the Reef - building Corals do not live and grow at a greater depth than 20 fathoms ; and as it is affirmed ...
... depths . Now it seems to be the universal opinion of those who have most carefully studied the existing Coral For- mations , that the Reef - building Corals do not live and grow at a greater depth than 20 fathoms ; and as it is affirmed ...
Page 618
... depth being only about 120 fathoms at a distance of 13 miles from the American shore ; and here we find that while the temperature at 30 fathoms is 75 ° , so rapid a reduction shows itself with increase of depth , that the bottom at 120 ...
... depth being only about 120 fathoms at a distance of 13 miles from the American shore ; and here we find that while the temperature at 30 fathoms is 75 ° , so rapid a reduction shows itself with increase of depth , that the bottom at 120 ...
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VOL XX | 1 |
Contributions to the History of the Opium Alkaloids Part III | 8 |
On a Periodic Change of the Elements of the Force of Terrestrial Mag | 21 |
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