. Narrative of discovery and adventure in the polar seas and regions [microform] : with illustrations of their climate, geology, and natural history, and an account of the whale-fishery. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. fc^:^ SfT-jafe^-it-^- g with zeal the i, solicited the pedition which ig object. The •f the naval de- I the .'ociety's pedition, which jf meeting with ions of povern- n John Phipps, limself for the • bomb-vessels, i of the Race- and stored with d whatever else d health of the :lby Lieutenant Ison, afterward Britain, served vere added, not litions. Those liefly set on foot
. Narrative of discovery and adventure in the polar seas and regions [microform] : with illustrations of their climate, geology, and natural history, and an account of the whale-fishery. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. fc^:^ SfT-jafe^-it-^- g with zeal the i, solicited the pedition which ig object. The •f the naval de- I the .'ociety's pedition, which jf meeting with ions of povern- n John Phipps, limself for the • bomb-vessels, i of the Race- and stored with d whatever else d health of the :lby Lieutenant Ison, afterward Britain, served vere added, not litions. Those liefly set on foot tent to combine views of corn- projected under first which had le object. Mr. il observer, was 3 to supply the Y also sent two preatest care by g the distance i of time. Mr. endulum, fitted rument in high M. d'Alembert, ientific objects. Id be desirable. Dr. Irving's ap- RECENT FOLAR VOYAGES. 261. paratiis for distilling fresh water from the sea,—an invention which, being then recent, excited much in- terest. Thus equipped, the expedition began to move on the 2lst May, 1773; but being detained by contrary winds, could not quit the Nore till the 4th June. The last object seen on land was Whitby Abbey; and Captain Pliipps then steered into the mid-chan- nel of the German Ocean, endeavouring to avoid equally Norway and Shetland. In degrees of latitude the sun set about twenty minuti^s past nine; the clouds making a beautiful appearance by its re- flection from below the horizon. In latitude 66°, on the 19th June, that luminary, even at midnight, was still visible. Captain Phipps here undertook to make deeper soundings than were ever known to have been before attempted; aad with a very heavy lead he reacJ- ed 780 fathoms. The temperature at that depth was 26° Fahrenheit, while in the air it was 48^. Trial was now made of Dr. Irving's ap- paratus, which was considered completely success- ful, inasmuch as it was found to produce a sufficient quantity of perfectly good
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