A Contribution to the Oceanography of the Pacific: Compiled From Data Collected by the United States Steamer Nero While Engaged in the Survey of a Route for a Trans-Pacific Cable (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

James M. Flint

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0484774026 ISBN 13: 9780484774024

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2017

Synopsis

Explore the depths of the Pacific as scientists map a submerged world.

This detailed report shares the methods, findings, and early science of oceanography.

The book compiles data from the U.S. Navy’s Nero voyage, documenting how a planned trans-Pacific cable route was surveyed from Honolulu to Midway, Guam, Luzon, and Japan. It presents the process behind soundings, temperature measurements, bottom samples, and charting, as well as the real-world challenges of tracing ocean-floor features.

• Learn how survey plans guided routes and excursions across a broad ocean belt.
• See how soundings, temperatures, currents, and bottom materials were recorded and analyzed.
• Understand how gradients and depths were interpreted to reveal the ocean floor’s structure.
• Discover how station data were selected and plotted to create contour and track charts.

Ideal for readers of historical science, marine exploration, and deep-sea mapping enthusiasts.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0484774026
• ISBN 13: 9780484774024
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 107