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values. All this is exactly what one would expect. I am not able to formulate the 
obviously existing relation between oxygen deficit and depth (8) in more precise terms. 
Mr. Buchanan, by comparing the several values of n x which he had at his disposal, 
arrived at the conclusion that this quantity attains a minimum at a depth of about 800 
fathoms. This is not confirmed by the sum total of all the results as they are now 
before us. 
Table XIX. 
Oxygen Deficits arranged in the order of their Magnitude. 
Bottom Waters have their numbers enclosed within parentheses ( ). 
No. 
Station. 
S 
to 
Oo deficit. 
1306 
296 
50 
12-5 
-•32 
1576 
338 
50 
21-9 
- T6 
994 
256 
25 
21T 
-•04 
419 
158 
50 
6-9 
- -02 
1329 
298 
25 
13-2 
+ •03 
1498 
325 
20 
21-5 
•08 
979 
254 
25 
16-8 
TO 
(428) 
159 
2150 
1-2 
•11 
1168 
280 
25 
25-0 
T2 
464 
165 + 
5 
18'0 
T7 
725 
218 
10 
28-4 
•17 
752 
222 
50 
27-8 
T9 
1621 
345 
25 
27T 
•20 
1262 
291 
25 
11-2 
•22 
461 
165 
50 
13-9 
•29 
1663 
350 
25 
22-0 
•45 
1356 
300 
50 
12-0 
46 
(1438) 
311 
245 
7-8 
•46 
(1494) 
323 
1900 
0-6 
•54 
(439) 
160 
2600 
1-1 
•64 
678 
213 
50 
•69 
1704 
354 
100 
17-3 
•81 
1539 
333 
100 
12-8 
•89 
1345 
299 
50 
11-7 
•90 
(671) 
211 
2225 
10-3 
■91 
(791) 
225 
4575 
1-8 
•95 
(569) 
183 
1700 
2-2 
•96 
1585 
339 
100 
15-4 
1T0 
1696 
353 
2465 
ST 
1-21 
1205 
284 
200 
12-5 
1-27 
1181 
281 
200 
13-4 
1-31 
397 
155 
50 
1-32* 
620 
198 
800 
3-9 
1-57 
1269 
291 
1775 
1-7 
1-60 
(922) 
246 
2050 
1-7 
1-60 
1009 
257 
2850 
1-6 
1-71 
(395) 
154 
1800 
1-73 
Suspected analysis. 
