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The science of the great basins

MURRAY, John.
Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1872-76 under the command of Captain Sir George S. Nares, and the late Captain Frank Tourle Thomson. Prepared under the superintendence of the late C. Wyville Thomson. A summary of the scientific results.

With 9 coloured maps, several double-page, 43 charts, several double-page or folding, 22 diagrams, several double-page or folding, and wood-engraved vignettes in the main work, 6 lithogr. plates and fig. in text to the first appendix on zoology, and 16 double-page coloured maps in the second general appendix.

With 9 coloured maps, several double-page, 43 charts, several double-page or folding, 22 diagrams, several double-page or folding, and wood-engraved vignettes in the main work, 6 lithogr. plates and fig. in text to the first appendix on zoology, and 16 double-page coloured maps in the second general appendix.

With 9 coloured maps, several double-page, 43 charts, several double-page or folding, 22 diagrams, several double-page or folding, and wood-engraved vignettes in the main work, 6 lithogr. plates and fig. in text to the first appendix on zoology, and 16 double-page coloured maps in the second general appendix.

With 9 coloured maps, several double-page, 43 charts, several double-page or folding, 22 diagrams, several double-page or folding, and wood-engraved vignettes in the main work, 6 lithogr. plates and fig. in text to the first appendix on zoology, and 16 double-page coloured maps in the second general appendix.



London, 1895. 2 vols. Large 4to. Cloth. With 9 coloured maps, several double-page, 43 charts, several double-page or folding, 22 diagrams, several double-page or folding, and wood-engraved vignettes in the main work, 6 lithogr. plates and fig. in text to the first appendix on zoology, and 16 double-page coloured maps in the second general appendix. LIII, (1 blank), 1608; (8), 32; VIII, 38 pp.

Richly illustrated, detailed report of the scientific results of the voyage of the Challenger by John Murray, one of the naturalists of the expedition. The special object of the Challenger was the scientific exploration of the physical, chemical, geological, and biological conditions of the great ocean basins. After circumnavigating the  globe, and a lot of deep-sea and other investigations in many regions  of the oceans, the Challenger returned home in 1876.
The voyage was successful and numerous scientific observations in all branches of oceanic research, like physics, chemistry, meteorology, geology, petrology, zoology, botany etc. were recorded. The present work  gives an account of the voyage, and a detailed summary in more than  1600 pages of the results, richly illustrated with maps, charts, diagrams and plates, with appendices and indexes.

Good copy, with the bookplate of William Bolitho, and ex libris with the initials K.E.K.
Encycl. Britt. Vol. 19-20, 42; NUC lists no copies.

Related Subjects: Cartography  Circumnavigation  Science 

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