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'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From January 1863 to December 1864. (Edited by the Secretary.) Volume XVII.' [46] (75/524)
The record is made up of 1 volume (451 pages). It was created in 1863-1864. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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xlvi
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
I observe some difference in the
soundings
Measurements of the depth of a body of water.
on the chart made by
in 1861 and those shown in the one now forwarded, which may t> e a(>
counted for by the rapid change in the depth near the edge of the
bank, the former
soundings
Measurements of the depth of a body of water.
having been taken during a run along the
coast, and their position determined approximately as opportunities
offered of obtaining observations or cross bearings of the land.
The
soundings
Measurements of the depth of a body of water.
on the present occasion have been obtained by mak
ing a close traverse course from shallow water in shore, to a second
deep cast off the bank to seaward, the distance being measured 'by
Massey’s Patent Logs (corrected for error), and corroborated at every
opportunity both by cross bearings and astronomical observations.
The four self-registering deep sea Thermometers supplied having
proved faulty, I have been unable to obtain further temperatures than
those contained in the following table, which were taken in April 1861.
The surface temperature has been uniform at 69°, and 72° or 3° below
what it was in April.
Table of Temperatures.
Fathoms.
i
Surface.
Fathoms.
Surface.
Fathoms.
Surface.
21
73
70 ^
143
76
70
450
74
5M
32
73
71
150
74
67
450
80
2
52
40
74
72
185
73
61
476
74
52
42
74
70
255
72
57
630
74
50
64
74
09
260
71
58
750
74
46|
112
721
61
360
70
54
8U0
76
46
3 25
79
67
420
76
52<i
135
77
65
450
74
53
Extracts from a report by Lieutenant A. TV. Stife, Indian Navy, on
the line of Telegraph from Has Jashh to Basrah.
hature of Bottom. The bottom continues the same soft green n
, ! 4 m * les from tlle entrance of Ghubbet Ghazireh, when it beco
au an somewhat uneren. I he water however is deep, and
t.dal current weak, so that I do not apprehend any bad effect.
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The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From January 1863 to December 1864. (Edited by the Secretary.) Volume XVII.
Publication details: Bombay: Printed at the Education Society's Press, Byculla, 1865.
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- 1 volume (451 pages)
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This volume contains a table of contents giving headings and page references, and two indexes. There is an index to Volumes I-XVII (1836-1864) in a separate volume (ST 393, index).
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- 'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From January 1863 to December 1864. (Edited by the Secretary.) Volume XVII.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1, 1a:1b, 2:16, 1:132, 1:18, 18a:18b, 19:206, 206a:206b, 207:256, 256a:256b, 257:340, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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- 'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From January 1863 to December 1864. (Edited by the Secretary.) Volume XVII.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1, 1a:1b, 2:16, 1:132, 1:18, 18a:18b, 19:206, 206a:206b, 207:256, 256a:256b, 257:340, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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