SUMMARY OF RESULTS. 
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Distance from Sandy Hook at noon, 508 miles. Made good 64 miles. Amount of Station 38. 
current 9 miles, direction N. 35° E. 
Station 39 (Sounding 97), Bermuda to Halifax (see Chart 9 and Diagram 2). Station 39. 
April 27, 1873 ; lat. 34° 3' 
N., long, 67° 32' W. 
Temperature of air at noon, 
58°'8 ; mean for the day, 59° 6. 
Temperature of water : — 
Surface, . 
65-0 
175 fathoms, . 
63-8 
10 fathoms, . 
66-5 
200 „ . . 
63-7 
20 „ . . . 
67-0 
225 „ . . 
63-5 
o 
CO 
66-2 
250 „ . 
63-3 
40 „ . . . 
65-2 
300 
62-5 
50 „ . . . 
61-7 
350 
60-0 
60 „ . . . 
64-2 
400 „ . 
56-5 
70 „ 
644 
450 ' „ . . 
52-5 
OO 
o 
64-0 
500 
48-7 
90 „ . . . 
63-9 
550 
45-2 
o 
o 
|H 
63-8 
600 
42-2 
125 „ . . . 
63-8 
650 
41-0 
150 „ . . . 
63-8 
Bottom, . i 
36-5 
Density at 60° F. at surface, 1 '02701. 
Depth, 2850 fathoms; deposit, Red Clay, containing 28 '31 per cent, of carbonate 
of lime (see Murray and Renard, Deep-Sea Deposits Chalk Exp.). 
At 11.20 a.m. shortened and furled sails, and got up steam to sound. At 1 p.m. 
sounded in 2850 fathoms. At 2 p.m. took serial temperatures down to 650 fathoms. 
Sea still running high. Two black threads, over 100 feet in length, were put over the 
stern of the ship ; in a short time one of Wilson’s petrels became entangled, • and was 
hauled on board. 
Distance at noon from Sandy Hook, 490 miles. Distance run through the water 74 
miles ; made good 9 miles. Amount of current 5 miles, direction S. 19° E. 
Station 40 (Sounding 98), Bermuda to Halifax (see Chart 9 and Diagram 2). Station 10. 
April 28, 1873 ; lat. 34° 51' N., long, 68° 30' W. 
Temperature of air at noon, 65°'8 ; mean for the day, 63°"4. 
Temperature of water at surface, 69°'5. 
Density at 60° F, at surface, 1 '02698. 
(summary op results chall, exp. — 1893.) 27 
