SCIENCE OF THE SEA 



AN ELEMENTARY HANDBOOK OF PRACTICAL 



OCEANOGRAPHY FOR TRAVELLERS, 



SAILORS, AND YACHTSMEN 



PREPARED BY 



THE CHALLENGER SOCIETY 



FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE STUDY OF OCEANOGRAPHY 



EDITED BY G. HERBERT FOWLER, B.A., PH.D., F.L.S., ETC. 



SOMETIME ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ZOOLOGY 

 UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON 



WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND CHARTS 



LONDON 



JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W. 

 1912 



