Download or read book Deep sea Soundings in the North Pacific Ocean written by United States. Hydrographic Office and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Deep sea Sounding written by Albert Smith Barker and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Notes on Deep sea Sounding written by Great Britain. Hydrographic Office and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Deep sea Sounding and Dredging written by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[Report contains] twenty-five heliotype plates showing the ship, Sigsbee's sounding machines and various deck photographs of how to place it in operation...[This is] an example of a lavishly illustrated report. The industrial photography in this book is of the highest quality and is striking in its directness."--Hanson Collection catalog, p. 72.
Download or read book Instructions for Using Sir William Thomson s Deep sea Sounding Machine for Soundign with Steel Wire Brooke s Detaching Sinker and Belknap s Specimen cylinders Hydrographic Office Bureau of Navigation written by United States. Hydrographic Office and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Deep sea sounding and dredging written by Charles D. Sigsbee and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book On the Results of a Deep sea Sounding Expedition in the North Atlantic During the Summer of 1899 written by Robert Edward Peake and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Preliminary Note on the Use of the Piezometer in Deep sea Sounding written by and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Deep Sea Soundings in the North Atlantic Ocean Between Newfoundland the Azores and England written by and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Soundings written by Hali Felt and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2013-07-02 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Her maps of the ocean floor have been called "one of the most remarkable achievements in modern cartography", yet no one knows her name. Soundings is the story of the enigmatic, unknown woman behind one of the greatest achievements of the 20th century. Before Marie Tharp, geologist and gifted draftsperson, the whole world, including most of the scientific community, thought the ocean floor was a vast expanse of nothingness. In 1948, at age 28, Marie walked into the newly formed geophysical lab at Columbia University and practically demanded a job. The scientists at the lab were all male; the women who worked there were relegated to secretary or assistant. Through sheer willpower and obstinacy, Marie was given the job of interpreting the soundings (records of sonar pings measuring the ocean's depths) brought back from the ocean-going expeditions of her male colleagues. The marriage of artistry and science behind her analysis of this dry data gave birth to a major work: the first comprehensive map of the ocean floor, which laid the groundwork for proving the then-controversial theory of continental drift. When combined, Marie's scientific knowledge, her eye for detail and her skill as an artist revealed not a vast empty plane, but an entire world of mountains and volcanoes, ridges and rifts, and a gateway to the past that allowed scientists the means to imagine how the continents and the oceans had been created over time. Just as Marie dedicated more than twenty years of her professional life to what became the Lamont Geological Observatory, engaged in the task of mapping every ocean on Earth, she dedicated her personal life to her great friendship with her co-worker, Bruce Heezen. Partners in work and in many ways, partners in life, Marie and Bruce were devoted to one another as they rose to greater and greater prominence in the scientific community, only to be envied and finally dismissed by their beloved institute. They went on together, refining and perfecting their work and contributing not only to humanity's vision of the ocean floor, but to the way subsequent generations would view the Earth as a whole. With an imagination as intuitive as Marie's, brilliant young writer Hali Felt brings to vivid life the story of the pioneering scientist whose work became the basis for the work of others scientists for generations to come.
Download or read book Soundings written by Doreen Cunningham and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-07-12 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This book is a gorgeous journey…You will be glad you’ve joined her.” —Susan Orlean, author of On Animals and The Library Book In this memoir of motherhood, love, and resilience, a woman and her toddler son follow the grey whale migration from Mexico to northernmost Alaska. In this striking blend of nature writing, whale science, and memoir, Doreen Cunningham interweaves two stories: tracking the extraordinary northward migration of the grey whales with a mischievous toddler in tow and living with an Iñupiaq family in Alaska seven years earlier. Throughout the journey she explores the stories of the whales and their young calves—their history, their habits, and their attempts to survive the changes humans have brought to the ocean. Cunningham’s voice is powerful: sharp, profound, sensitive, and unflinching. A story of courage and resilience, Soundings is about the migrating whales and all we can learn from them as they mother, adapt, and endure, their lives interrupted and threatened by global warming. It is also a riveting journey onto the Arctic Sea ice and into the changing world of Indigenous whale hunters, where Doreen becomes immersed in the ancient values of the Iñupiaq whale hunt and falls in love. For this is Doreen’s story, too—a fierce, feminist tale, touching on her childhood and her time living in a Women’s Refuge with her baby, becoming a mother, just like the whales. Lyrical, brave, and fearlessly honest, Soundings is an unforgettable journey.
Download or read book The Encyclopaedia Britannica written by Hugh Chisholm and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 1058 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Scientists and the Sea 1650 1900 written by Margaret Deacon and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2018-04-17 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientists and the Sea is a history of how the scientific study of the sea has developed over a period of nearly 2500 years. Beginning with the speculations of Greek philosophers it carries the story forward, showing how curiosity about the ocean appeared in many different forms and locations before, in the late 19th century, the first deep-sea researches heralded the foundation of the science known today as oceanography. Originally published in 1971, this book has never been superseded as the most comprehensive and wide-ranging treatment of the emergence of marine science within the western scientific tradition. After three introductory chapters dealing with knowledge up to the Renaissance, the main part of the work shows how pioneers of scientific observation at sea during the 17th and 18th centuries made notable discoveries, but that it was not until the middle of the 19th century when, aided by the advance of technology, scientists were able to undertake the first explorations of the ocean depths. This second edition contains a new introduction and bibliography.
Download or read book Bulletin of the United States National Museum written by and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 1352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bathymetric Charts written by Frederick M. Edvalson and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bathymetric chart, which permits a mariner to utilize the known configuration of the sea bottom in fixing his position, is a relatively new development in marine charting. Although navigators of over 2,400 years ago used depth soundings as a navigational technique, it was not until 1697 that the first depth contours were drawn on a chart. Production of accurate bathymetric charts did not become possible until the early 1920's however, when the sonic depth finder first came into use. Perhaps the outstanding single series of bathymetric charts published at the present time for navigational use is the BC Chart Series of the U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office. This coordinated series provides almost complete coverage for the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans. The maintenance and updating of the over 220 charts in the series pose real problems, not only because of the large influx of new bathymetric data, but also because of the many doubtful sounding reports received. Better sounding equipment and improved navigational systems will result in major improvements in both the quantity and quality of bathymetric charts published in the next few years. (Author).
Download or read book United States Hydrographic Office Manuscript Charts in the National Archives 1838 1908 written by United States. National Archives and Records Service and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book To Master the Boundless Sea written by Jason W. Smith and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2018-04-13 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the United States grew into an empire in the late nineteenth century, notions like "sea power" derived not only from fleets, bases, and decisive battles but also from a scientific effort to understand and master the ocean environment. Beginning in the early nineteenth century and concluding in the first years of the twentieth, Jason W. Smith tells the story of the rise of the U.S. Navy and the emergence of American ocean empire through its struggle to control nature. In vividly told sketches of exploration, naval officers, war, and, most significantly, the ocean environment, Smith draws together insights from environmental, maritime, military, and naval history, and the history of science and cartography, placing the U.S. Navy's scientific efforts within a broader cultural context. By recasting and deepening our understanding of the U.S. Navy and the United States at sea, Smith brings to the fore the overlooked work of naval hydrographers, surveyors, and cartographers. In the nautical chart's soundings, names, symbols, and embedded narratives, Smith recounts the largely untold story of a young nation looking to extend its power over the boundless sea.
