INDEX 



Accommodation, 'Discovery', 155 



Marine Biological Station, 223 



'William Scoresby', 174 

 Accumulators, light, 164, 179 



heavy, 162, 178 

 Alcohol, sec Spirit 

 Anaesthetics, 217 

 Analysis of water samples, 213, 229 



Baillie rod, 210 



Beam trawls, 206, 229 



Biological laboratory, 'Discovery', 169 



'William Scoresby', i8o 

 Birds, 149, 229 

 Bottles for preserving specimens, 220 



rack for, 170 

 Bottom sampling apparatus, 210 

 Bouin's fluid, 218 

 British Museum, 150 

 Buckets for plankton nets, 189 

 Budenberg depth gauge, 197 

 Bunker capacity, 'Discovery', 159 



'^^'illiam Scoresby', 176 



Cameras, 222 



Chart-tracing table, 173 



Chemical analysis of sea water, 213, 229 



Chemical laboratory, 'Discovery', 172 



Chloral hydrate, 217 



Chronometers, 216 



Clamps for wire ropes, 208 



Closing mechanism for horizontal nets, 194, 201, 202 



for vertical nets, 192, 200 

 Collections, sorting of, 216 



work on, 150 

 Colour nomenclature, 222 

 Conical dredge, 207 

 Continuous plankton recorder, 189 

 Copper soap as a net preservative, 182 

 Crown Agents for the Colonies, assistance given 

 by, 149 



Deck machines, 163, 179 

 Depth gauges, 196 

 'Discovery', 145, 151 



accommodation, 155 



arrangements for scientific work, 160 



biological laboratory, 169 



boats, 156 



bunker capacity, 159 



chemical laboratory, 172 



construction, 152 



dimensions, 152 



machinery, 159 



original design, 152 



purchase, 154 



reconditioning, 155 



service with Hudson's Bay Co., 152 



sister keels, 160 

 Dredges, 207 



Dredging, 148 

 Duboscq's fluid, 218 

 Dynamometer, 168 



Echo-sounding apparatus, 157, 175, 180 

 Ekman-Nansen sounding rod, 211 

 Ekman reversing water bottle, 212 

 Elephant seals, 149 

 Equipment of ships, 151 

 Euphausians, 145, 201 



Fair-leads, pedestal, 161, 178 



stern, 162 

 Fine-meshed nets on trawl, 205 

 Fine-meshed netting, 185, 186 

 Fish traps, 207 

 Fixation of specimens, 217 

 Formalin, 219 



as a fixative, 218 



storage on ships, 170, 180 



Gauges to determine depth, 196 

 Grease for wire ropes, 167 



Hand-lines, 208 



Hand-nets, 208 



Harpoons, 208 



Hydrogen-ion concentration, 215 



Hydrographic survey, 149, 215 



Hydrological instruments, 210 



machines, 163, 179 



methods, 213 



work, 145, 146 



Interdepartmental Committees, 144, 154 

 Investigations, objects of, 143 



Jars, stoneware, 221 



Kelvin sounding machine, 169, 180 



Kelvin tube, 197 



Knudsen full-speed water bottle, 213 



Labels, 221 



Laboratories, 'Discovery', 169, 172 



Marine Biological Station, 225 



'William Scoresby', 180 

 Laboratory methods, 216 

 Leads for plankton nets, 183, 184, 199 

 Log books, 222, 228 

 Lucas sounding machine, 168, 180, 215 



Machines, for plankton and hydrographical work, 



163. 179 



for sounding, 168, 169, 180 

 Marine Biological Station, 145, 223 

 Marking whales, 146, 208 

 Mechanism, for closing horizontal nets, 194, 201, 202 



for closing vertical nets, 192, 200 

 Menthol, 217 



