OCEANOGRAPHICAL INVESTIGATIONS 



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temperatures and salinities off the Atlantic coast of South 

 America. 



In addition to the specific expeditions referred to in the 

 foregoing paragraphs, many British surveying and cable ships 

 have been busily engaged during the past thirty years amassing 

 valuable information regarding the depth of the ocean in various 

 parts of the world. Temperature observations were also in- 

 cluded in the work carried on by H.M. surveying ships, and British 

 by some of the cable ships when accompanied by scientific ships.^^"^ 

 men like J. Y. Buchanan and R. E. Peake. The principal 

 ships and the oceans investigated by them may be here briefly 

 enumerated : — 



Other ships were engaged in one or other of the great 

 oceans for shorter periods, including H.M.Ss. " Myrmidon," 

 " Marathon," " Flying Fish," "Goldfinch," "Sealark," "Sylvia," 

 " Fantome," and " Mutine." 



Of British cable ships mention may be made of the British cable 

 following :— '^'P'- 



Many other ships were engaged for shorter periods, including 



