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EXPLORATIONS, WESTERN ATLANTIC, 
STEAMER BACHR, 1914, 
The temperatures a few miles south of Bermuda agree very closely 
for the two years, one being slightly colder at some depths, the other 
at other depths, as illustrated by the following table, constructed 
1100 
1200 
1300 
1400 | 
1500 
1600 |_| 
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BM Ri2 ee RS eed 
EBA 
MBE 
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Temperature, Centigrade 
10°11 12 13 14 16°16 17 18 19 20°2 
| 
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22 CaN eS 
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Fia. 6.—Temperature sections in the oceanic basin east of the Bahama Bank; stations 10193, 10210, 10212; 
and in the northeast Providence channel, station 10196. (Down to 1,800 meters only.) 
from the temperature curves for Challenger station 57b, 20 miles 
southwest of Bermuda (Murray, 1884), and Bache station 10181: 
Depth in meters. 
Bache 
station 
10181. 
Che ne 
ger sta- 
tion 570. 
4) 
eR 
MNAOND 
ook Ob Wosis] 
Or ans 
Bache | Challen- 
Differ- || : : Differ 
: Depth in meters. station er sta- ‘ 
ence. {j “* 10181. | tion 57. gunn 
| 
ba Og SiG. af Be, “1G. 
Sree eS OU cis ccs sini oeoee 7.38 6.5 — .8 
or Rel || WaT TS ea BO 6.5 5.3 —1.2 
sn OOU LRA Coc cinictne meyenee 5.7 4.7 ail 
— .6 S00 os 35 A eae s 5.2 4.4 — .8 
NY CAT 20 1 a Gage 4.88 4.2 — .68 
+ .3 SOUO Sse ecc eee 4.4 3.9 =O) 
Spee UR PURE Pes sens 9 3c 4 3.8 — .2 
+ .3 BS LOO wis cine eet ercie “9 3.7 — a 
etes all leh SUUn ia cic ania Ga aoe 3.89 3.5 — 3 
+ .3 
The only important difference—the warmer surface in 1873—is no 
doubt due to the fact that observations were taken in May, 1873, 
and in February, 1914. 
