Oceanography Methods And Results Of Scientific Deep Sea Exploration 1920 Antique Print

From a disbound book published in 1920, with unrelated pictures or text on the reverse.

Suitable for framing, the average page size is approx 6" x 9.25" or 15.5cm x 23.5cm edge to edge including border.

This is an antique print not a modern copy and can show signs of age or previous use commensurate with it's age. Please view the scans as they form part of the description.

1920 is the printing date, the actual date of creation can be earlier.

All pictures will be sent bagged and in a board backed envelope for protection in transit.


Please note: That while every care is taken to ensure my scans or photos accurately represent the item offered for sale, due to differences in monitors and internet pages my pictures may not be an exact match in brightness or contrast to the actual item.

Text description on page subject to errors due to the OCR program used.

A. Diagram illustrating results of deep-sea research. B. Some modern methods of exploring the depths of the North Atlantic. 1. Instrument for obtaining samples of water for analysis. 2. Nansen's deep-sea net. 3. Trawl. 4. Instrument for taking soundings, temperature, and samples of ocean bed. 5. Globigerina ooze with 6, Globigerina and. 7, radiolarians, all highly magnified. C. Fish with luminous head organs found 5 m. below the surface of the Atlantic. D. Fish with highly sensitive organs of touch. E. Fish with distending stomach capable of holding prey larger than itself. F. Fish with entirely phosphorescent head
OCEANOGRAPHY: METHODS AND RESULTS OF SCIENTIFIC DEEP-SEA EXPLORATION

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