PRESTWICH, JOSEPH. - BOTTOM-WATER FORMATION.

Tables of Temperatures of the Sea at different Depths beneath the Surface, reduced and collected from the various observations made between the years 1749 and 1868, discussed. With a Map and Sections. Received May 14, - Read une 18, 1874.

(London, Taylor and Francis, 1875). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" Year 1875, Vol. 165 - Part II. Pp. 587-674, large folded engraved map and 3 large folded engraved plates.

First appearance of this milestone paper oceanography on bottom-water formation.

"Prestwich examines ocean temperature data recorded over the past 100 years and determines that at no location in the North Pacific does there exist significant sinking to depth (or bottom-water formation)."(Parkinson "Breakthroughs" 1875 E).

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