The Sea and Its Living Wonders: A Popular Account of the Marvels of the Deep and of the Progress of Martime Discovery from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time

· 1880

Extent of the Ocean.--Length of its Coast-Line.--Mural, Rocky, and Flat Coasts.--How deep is the Sea?--Average Depth of the Atlantic Ocean.--The Telegraphic Plateau between Newfoundland and Ireland.--Measurement of Depth by the Rapidity of the Tide-Wave. --Progressive Changes in the Limits of the Ocean.--Alluvial Deposits.--Upheaving.--Subsidence.--Does the Level of the Sea remain unchanged, and is it everywhere the same?--Composition and Temperature of Sea-Water.--Its intrinsic Colour.--The Azure Grotto at Capri.--Modification of Colour owing to Animals and Plants. --Submarine Landscapes viewed through the Clear Waters Page 3 Waves and the Mode of their Formation.--Height and Velocity of S…

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