Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College . a<) 7iai. Hale IX J,. 1. L. ao nat PUte X No. 8. — Ueports on tJie Results of Dredging, under the Supervisionof Alexander Agassiz, in the Grvilf of Mexico, hy tlie UnitedStates Coast Survey Steamer Blake LlEUTENANT-COMMANDERC. D. SiGSBEE, U. S. K, Commanding, (Printed with the consent of C. P. Patterson, Superintendent u. S. C. S.) Description of the Sounding-Machine, Water-Bottle, and Detacher used on,hoard the Blahe by Lieutenant-Commander C. D. Sigsbee, U. S. N.,Assistant U. S. Coast Survey. U. S. Coast Survey Steame
Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College . a<) 7iai. Hale IX J,. 1. L. ao nat PUte X No. 8. — Ueports on tJie Results of Dredging, under the Supervisionof Alexander Agassiz, in the Grvilf of Mexico, hy tlie UnitedStates Coast Survey Steamer Blake LlEUTENANT-COMMANDERC. D. SiGSBEE, U. S. K, Commanding, (Printed with the consent of C. P. Patterson, Superintendent u. S. C. S.) Description of the Sounding-Machine, Water-Bottle, and Detacher used on,hoard the Blahe by Lieutenant-Commander C. D. Sigsbee, U. S. N.,Assistant U. S. Coast Survey. U. S. Coast Survey Steamer C. p. Patterson, Superintendent of the Coast Survey. Dear Sir, — Several years ago Sir William Thomson invented a ma-chine for deep-sea sounding by wire, and I quote his own words to ex-plain its action: — Captain George E. Belknap, U. S. Navy, while commanding the U. Tuscarora, during her operations in the Pacific Ocean, in 1873, wasthe first to thoroughly test the machine in general use. I had thehonor to read the reports made by him to the Bureau of Navigation,Navy
Size: 1192px × 2096px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1860, bookidbullet, booksubjectzoology
