 | 1895 - 862 pages
...steam-vessels equipped with a vast amount of apparatus, in order properly (in Dr. Murray's words), " To determine the nature and extent of the Antarctic continent,...of the underlying rocks and their fossils, to take magnetic and meteorological observations both at sea and on land, to observe the temperature of the... | |
 | Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1895 - 526 pages
...steam-vessels equipped with a vast amount of apparatus, in order properly (in Dr. Murray's words), " To determine the nature and extent of the Antarctic continent,...of the underlying rocks and their fossils, to take magnetic and meteorological observations both at sea and on land, to observe the temperature of the... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1894 - 944 pages
...sides, would be of the greatest value in the progress of so many branches o: natural knowledge. To determine the nature and extent of the Antarctic continent...of the underlying rocks and their fossils ; to take magnetic and meteorological observations both at sea and on land ; to observe the temperature of the... | |
 | 1894 - 740 pages
...magnetism." The proper objects of the contemplated expedition are thus formulated by Dr. Murray. To determine the nature and extent of the Antarctic continent...ice-cap; to observe the character of the underlying rockand their fossils; to take magnetical and meteorological observations, both at веа and on land... | |
 | Linnean Society of New South Wales - 1895 - 866 pages
...expedition • further south." Dr. Murray thus sums up the work of a modern Antarctic expedition : " To determine the nature and extent of the Antarctic continent,...of the underlying rocks and their fossils, to take magnetic and meteorological observations both at sea and on land, to observe the temperature of the... | |
 | 1895 - 726 pages
...steam- vessels equipped with a vast amount of apparatus, in order properly (in Dr. Murray's words), " To determine the nature and extent of the Antarctic continent,...interior, to ascertain the depth and nature of the ice- cap, to observe the character of the underlying rocks and their fossils, to take magnetic and... | |
 | Linnean Society of New South Wales - 1896 - 864 pages
...expedition further south." Dr. Murray thus sums up the work of a modern Antarctic expedition : " To determine the nature and extent of the Antarctic continent,...of the underlying rocks and their fossils, to take magnetic and meteorological observations both at sea and on land, to observe the temperature of the... | |
 | 1897 - 836 pages
...work to be achieved by Antarctic land expeditions ; viz., " to determine the nature and extent of the continent ; to penetrate into the interior ; to ascertain...of the underlying rocks and their fossils ; to take magnetic, meteorological, and pendulum observations." Our knowledge of the Antarctic region is very... | |
 | 1901 - 748 pages
...extent and nature of the south polar land, to ascertain the nature of its glaciation and the condition of the ice-cap, to observe the character of the underlying rocks, and to make a magnetic survey south of 44T S. Much importance is also attached to meteorological observations,... | |
 | 1912 - 768 pages
...scientific results, however. Fully appreciated, the objects of a modern Antarctic expedition should be to determine the nature and extent of the Antarctic continent, to penetrate into the interior, to ascertain the nature and depth of the ice cap, to observe the character of the underlying rocks and the fossils,... | |
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To determine the nature and extent of the Antarctic continent, to penetrate into the interior, to ascertain the depth and nature of the ice-cap, to observe the character of the underlying rocks and their fossils, to take magnetic and meteorological observations... 
