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CONTENTS AND SUMMARY OF PART III. -TEMPERATURE. 





PAGE 



Preliminary, .... 



1-3 



Instruments and Methods, 



3-13 



Surface Temperature, 



3 



Beep Sea Thermometer, . 



4 



Corrections, 



4 



The Scottish frame, 



5 



The " Medusa," and Equipments, 



6 



Table I. Mean Velocity of Fall o 



f 



Brass Weights in Sea- Water, 



7 



Table II. Time Occupied by Bras 



s 



Weights in Falling 10 Fathom 



s 



through Water, 



8 



Treatment of Temperature Results — 





Kecording Observations, 



8 



Plotting Curves of Vertical Distribu 





tion, 



9 



Seasonal Temperature Curves, 



9 



Temperature Sections, . 



9 



Calculation of Mass Temperature, 



10 



Time-Depth Temperature Diagrams, 



10 



Terminology Employed, 



11 



Types of Vertical Curves, 



11 



Table III. Mean Temperature of Ai 



r 



over Clyde Sea Area in 1886, 1887 



> 



1888, 



12 



Temperature Trips, 



13-31 



Table IV. Stations where Observations 





of Temperature were made, 



14 



Description of Temperature Trips — 





1. April 1886, 



15 



2. June „ 



16 



3. August „ 



17 



4. September „ 



18 



5. November „ 



19 



6. December „ 



20 



7. February 1887, 



20 



8. March-April „ 



21 



9. May 



22 



10. June „ 



23 



11. July 



24 



12. August „ 



25 



13. September „ 



26 



14. November-December „ 



27 



15. December 1887-January 1888, . 



27 



16. January „ 



27 



17. February „ 



28 



18. March 



28 



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Description of Temperature Trips — contd. 



19. March 1888, . 29 



20. April „ . 29 



21. June „ . 30 



22. August-September „ . 30 



23. October „ . 31 



General Result of the Trips, . . 31 



Thermal Conditions op the Divisions op the 

 Clyde Sea Area, .... 31-149 



The North Channel — 



Table V. Temperature Observations in 



the Channel, ... 32 



Homothermic Character of the Chan- 

 nel, ..... 33 

 Seasonal Change of Temperature in 



the Channel, ... 34 



Table VI. Rate of Change of Tempera- 

 ture in the Channel, . . 36 



The Great Plateau — 

 Table VII. Temperature Observations 

 on the Plateau (Eastern 

 Side), ... 38 



„ VIII. Rate of Change of Water- 

 Temperature on the 

 Plateau (Eastern Side), . 38 



„ IX. Temperature Observations 

 on the Plateau (Western 

 Side), ... 39 



General form of Temperature curve, . 39 



Hourly Observations on Plateau, . 41 



The Arran Basin — 

 Table X. Temperature Observations 



off Carradale, . . 46 



„ XI. Temperature Observations 



off Loch Ranza, . . 47 



„ XII. Temperature Observations 



off Largybeg, . . 47 



„ XIII. Temperature Observations 



off Brodick, . . 48 



Cross Sections in East Arran Basin, . 48 



Table XIV. Temperature Observations 



off Garroch Head, . 51 



„ XV. Rate of Change of Temper- 

 ature off Garroch Head, 52 

 „ XVI. Average Daily Rate of 

 Heating and Cooling off 

 Garroch Head, . . 53 



