. Discovery and adventure in the polar seas and regions [microform]. Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847; Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847; Northwest Passage; Natural history; Nord-Ouest, Passage du; Sciences naturelles. CHAP. L climate: Froe/inj: of of the ocenn } ield the adventurous naviyutor the ni'"-t refresliing beverage.* It was long disputed among the learned, whetlur the waters of the ocean are capable of being congeaU<l; and many frivolous juid absnrd arguments, of course, were advanced to prove the impossibility ot the fact. But the question is now completely resolved ;
. Discovery and adventure in the polar seas and regions [microform]. Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847; Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847; Northwest Passage; Natural history; Nord-Ouest, Passage du; Sciences naturelles. CHAP. L climate: Froe/inj: of of the ocenn } ield the adventurous naviyutor the ni'"-t refresliing beverage.* It was long disputed among the learned, whetlur the waters of the ocean are capable of being congeaU<l; and many frivolous juid absnrd arguments, of course, were advanced to prove the impossibility ot the fact. But the question is now completely resolved ; and tlu* freezing of sea-water is established both by observation and experiment. To congeal such water of the ordi- nary saltness, or containing nearly the thirtieth pait of its weight of saline matter, it requires not an extreiiu' cold : this process taking effect about the 27th degitc • The water wliich flows from those Arctic glaciers frozen atfaiii on the approach of winter, and forms along tli' coast a tliick stratum of blue solid ice, embedded iu the beauli, and from six to ton f'e«t under the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Leslie, John, Sir, 1766-1832; Murray, Hugh, 1779-1846; Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894. London; Edinburgh : T. Nelson
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