To India And Back By the Cape
To India And Back By the Cape
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, on the 30th October, 1852. The Une was nearly 9| hours in reaching the bottom ; and the depth, thus attained, a distance of more than 7J mUes from the surface, was greater than the height of the highest peaks ! . , ,, ™ . • i rr, . .
Density of the sea. The amount of atmospheric pressure, as we all know, is, at the sea's level, 151bs. To every square inch. Ihat of the sea, at 16 fathoms, amounts to 601bs. ; at 60 fathoms, to ISOlbs. ; at 100 fathoms, to 2851bs. ; at 700 fathoms, to l, 8301b8.... ; and, at 1, 000 fathoms, to a ton ! [See Bear Admiral Smyth on the Mediterranean. '] 28 Whales, it is well known, will descend perpendicularly to 4, 800 feet, sustaining, at that deptli, a pressure of 211, 200 tons over their entire surface !
Colour of the sea varies with the locality. Whilst soundinga are always indicated by a green colour, a deep indigo blue shows that the depth is a profound one.
Porpoises, — the great devourers of herrings, and other small fishes, on our coasts, and varying from four to eight feet iu length, — have long, when seen traveUiag in shoals, been regarded as sure fore-runners of wind.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
, on the 30th October, 1852. The Une was nearly 9| hours in reaching the bottom ; and the depth, thus attained, a distance of more than 7J mUes from the surface, was greater than the height of the highest peaks ! . , ,, ™ . • i rr, . .
Density of the sea. The amount of atmospheric pressure, as we all know, is, at the sea's level, 151bs. To every square inch. Ihat of the sea, at 16 fathoms, amounts to 601bs. ; at 60 fathoms, to ISOlbs. ; at 100 fathoms, to 2851bs. ; at 700 fathoms, to l, 8301b8.... ; and, at 1, 000 fathoms, to a ton ! [See Bear Admiral Smyth on the Mediterranean. '] 28 Whales, it is well known, will descend perpendicularly to 4, 800 feet, sustaining, at that deptli, a pressure of 211, 200 tons over their entire surface !
Colour of the sea varies with the locality. Whilst soundinga are always indicated by a green colour, a deep indigo blue shows that the depth is a profound one.
Porpoises, — the great devourers of herrings, and other small fishes, on our coasts, and varying from four to eight feet iu length, — have long, when seen traveUiag in shoals, been regarded as sure fore-runners of wind.
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