of sea waters in different parts of the ocean, &c. 
171 
Table III. Specific Gravities of Sea Waters. 
J 
*3 
a 
J\os. of 
Specimens. 
Latitude. 
Longitude. 
Specific 
Gravity. 
OBSERVATIONS. 
00 
8,30 S. 
32,0 W. 
1028,95 
Taken up by Mr. Schmidtmeyer, in May 1803. Temperature 82”. 
39 
9,0 
35>° 
1029,20 
By Mr. Schmidtmeyer, at Pernambucco. 
QJ 
40 
11,3° 
33.7 
1029,80 
From Mr. Tennant, by Mr. Lushington. 
QJ 
4 1 
21,0 
O, 
1028,19 
By Capt. Hall, near the middle of the South Atlantic. 
dm 
C/1 
_£ 
4 2 
23,3° 
73 >°E- 
1028,3 1 
By Capt. Hall, Tropic of Capricorn, between Madagascar and 
New Holland. 
ZJ 
X 
a 
43 
25,3° 
5 . 3 ° 
1032,09 
By Capt. Hall ; about half way between St. Helena and the Cape ; 
inJune, 1815. 
ix 
cu 
44 
28,0 
43 .o 
1027,15 
By Capt. Hall ; Mosambique, South of Madagascar. 
"3 
0 
GO 
45 
35 >°+ 
56,0 W. 
1025,45 
From Mr. Tennant, by Mr. Lushington ; mouth of the Rio de la 
Plata. 
46 
35 > IQ 
2 1 ,oE. 
1027,5 
By Capt. Hall ; South of the Cape, on the Banks of Lagullas. 
47 
35.33 
0,2 1 
1031,6 
From Mr Tennant, by Mr. Lushington ; phial partly emptied. 
Yellow 
Sea. | 
48 
35,oN.| 
1022,91 
By Captain Hall, in 1816 . There were several phials of this 
water, with glass stoppers. All the phials were blackened internally 
by the water, which had a highly hepatic smell. Phis water, when 
seen in large masses, has a greenish yellow colour. 
cs 
QJ 
49 
36,oN.f 
5.0W. 
1030,1 
By Dr. Macmichael,in 1811, from a depth of 250 fms. in the Straits 
of Gibraltar, between Cape Europa and Cabrita, with Mr. Tennant’s 
machine. 
a 
tx 
u* 
QJ 
5 ° 
35,oN.f 
5,0 
1030,5 
By Dr. Macmichael ; from the same spot as the preceding, but 
from the surface. 
'S 
CJ 
§ 
5 1 
— □ 
— 
1027,3 
By Mr. Tennant ; taken up by himself at Marseilles, in 1815 ; 
Latitude not specified. 
+ The Latitudes thus marked are stated only as approximations, not being specified on the labels of the bottles. 
