188 



Miscellanies. 



13. Quantity of Salt in Sea Water ; hy Dr. Dauheny. 



Locality. 



Atlantic Ocean, 

 South Atlantic, 

 North Atlantic, 

 Indian Ocean, 



Do. 



Do. 

 Atlantic Ocean, 

 Bay of Naples, 

 Marseilles. 

 Off Southampton 



Latitude. 



Water taken up 

 during a voyage 

 between Ports 

 mouth and New 

 York, in 1837. 



OiF Sandy Hook, 



Drawn from a 

 depth of 80 fa- 

 thoms, 



do. of 100 fathoms 

 Surface-water 

 nearest to the 

 above, 



Between 



Charleston and 



Ilavanna, 



Gulf of Mexico, 

 between Havan- 

 na and N.Orleans 



Equator 



21°.0' 



25.30 



Equator 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 40.50 

 43.17 

 50.54 

 r49.38 

 49.10 

 49 28 

 50. 5 

 50. 

 49.34 

 47.27 

 48.50 

 43.40 

 46.45 

 44.40 

 43.41 

 43.43 

 43.18 

 i 43.30 

 \ 44.45 

 45 12 

 45.36 

 45.40 

 42.49 

 41.10 

 41.30 

 42.30 

 44. 

 42 52 

 42.52 

 42.35 

 41. 

 40.40 

 39.50 

 39.27 



r28.16 

 i 27.30 

 <( 24.40 

 1 23 23 

 123.15 

 r 24.23 

 \ 26.33 

 f 28.20 



Longitude. 



23.0 U' West, 



0. 

 32. 30 



84. East, 



8. 16 



do. depth of 625 ft 



19. 30 West, 



14. 15 



5. 22 



1. 24 



2. about 

 4. 



6. 36 



9. 19 

 12. 



12. 7 



13. 35 



15. 30 

 17. 40 

 17. 34 



20. 15 



21. 42 

 24. 18 

 28. 38 



32. 9 



33. 22 



34. 52 

 37. 3 

 40. 14 

 45. 45 

 48. 23 

 50. 48 



52. 10 



53. 51 

 .57. 18 

 57. 58 

 62. 00 

 65. 43 

 67. 24 

 69. 27 

 71. 13 



48. 23 

 67. 34 



80. 



84. 30 

 86. 47 

 89. 00 



Sp. gravity 

 of the 

 water. 



1027.85 

 1028.19 

 1028.86 

 1026.00 

 1025.90 

 1027.47 

 1026.70 

 1030.00 

 1031.00 

 1027.00 

 10267.26 

 10269.08 

 10269.99) 

 10269.99 > 

 10269.99 5 

 10270.90 

 10271 .81 ) 

 10271.81 V 

 10271.81 5 

 10272.72) 

 10272.72 S 

 10272.72 ) 

 10275.45 \ 

 10275.45 5 

 10274.54 

 10272.72 

 10273.63 

 1027181 

 10269.08 

 10272.72 

 10254.52 

 10249.06 ) 

 10249.06 5 

 10249 97 

 10248.15 

 10249.06 

 10254.28 ) 

 10254 28 5 

 10256.34 

 10249.06 

 10265.44 

 10229.04 



10265.44 

 10273.63 



10254.28 



10258.16 

 10277,27 

 10273.63 

 10273.63 

 10276.36 

 10276.36 

 10275 45 

 10278.18 



Proportion 

 of solid mat 

 terinSOOgrs 

 obtained by 

 evaporation 



in a water 

 bath. 



19. 6 



20. 6 



21. 3 

 19.00 

 19.23 

 20.88 

 19.10 

 22.30 

 23.10 

 19.40 

 20. 4 



20.95 



20. 9 



20.85 

 21.00 



18. 9 



18. 7 



19. 2 



21. 



18. 7 



Authority. 



Dr. Marcet. 



Dr.Daubeny. 



2. 3 grs 

 diflerence 



20.90 



21. 1 



