76 The Hydrography of the Faeroe- Shetland Channel 



Table I. gives the characteristic numbers and the positions of the 

 stations at which observations were made. 



Table II. gives the temperatures observed. Where the observations 

 were made with more than one instrument, the mean result is given ; 

 the differences rarely amounted to more than a few tenths of a degree 

 Fahrenheit. The ; original readings were made according to the 



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-Map showing Positions of Stations and Line of Section. 



Fahrenheit scale, and their consistency tested in the usual way by 

 plotting curves. It has been thought best to convert them to the 

 Centigrade scale, in which all the observations in the region already 

 published are given, and which is being employed in the International 

 investigations. 



Table III. gives the salinities of the samples collected. The 



