The development of the chlorinity/salinity concept in oceanography
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[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
William J. Wallace.
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New York :
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Elsevier Scientific Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1974.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (241 p.).
SERIES
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Elsevier oceanography series ;
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7
GENERAL NOTES
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INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliography: p. [209]-220.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Front Cover; THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHLORINITY/SALINITY CONCEPT IN OCEANOGRAPHY; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1. THE VIEWS OF ANTIQUITY ON SALT AND SEA WATER; Water analysis prior to Boyle; Solution analysis prior to Boyle; The late seventeenth century; CHAPTER 2. ROBERT BOYLE; CHAPTER 3. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF THE SEA: HALLEY AND MARSILLI; Halley; Marsilli; CHAPTER 4. FOUNDATIONS OF SYSTEMATIC MINERAL AND SEA WATER ANALYSES; Gionetti; Lavoisier; Bergman; CHAPTER 5. SEA WATER ANALYSIS AND THE PRECIPITATION METHOD; Murray; Marcet; Usiglio
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CHAPTER 6. CONSTANT PROPORTIONALITY OF CONSTITUENTSGay-Lussac; Maury; CHAPTER 7. THE COEFFICIENT; Roux; H.M.S. Challenger; Dittmar; CHAPTER 8. THE EQUATION; CHAPTER 9. CONCLUSIONS AND EPILOGUE; APPENDICES; I (Observations on natural waters suggested by Robert Boyle); II (Sampling devices); III (Specific gravities of sea waters by Alexander Marcet); IV (The silver nitrate test); V (Forchhammer's analysis schemes); VI (The results of the sea water analyses of Georg Forchhammer); VII (Results of the sea water analyses from the Challenger Expedition by William Dittmar)
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VIIl (The method used by Hercules Tørnoe)IX (The recommendations of the Joint Panel of the Equation of State of Sea Water, published by UNESCO in 1962); NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The Development of the Chlorinity/ Salinity Concept in Oceanography.