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XXIII.—The Clyde Sea Area

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 January 2013

Hugh Robert Mill
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The fjord-like inlets or sea-lochs which form so conspicuous a feature in the scenery of the west of Scotland stand in marked contrast to the shallow, low-shored firths of the east coast. When Dr John Murray decided to extend the physical and biological work of the Scottish Marine Station to the west coast he foresaw that many interesting conclusions were likely to be derived from the study of these isolated sea-basins. Various papers, published by him and other workers, contain preliminary discussions of many of the phenomena observed, fully justifying the anticipations which had been formed.

For one year my work, as described in this paper, was carried out under the provisions of an Elective Fellowship in Experimental Physics of the University of Edinburgh, to which I had been elected in 1886; and subsequently by a personal grant from the Government Grant Committee for Scientific Research. The Committee also devoted several sums of money in payment of expenses in compiling this discussion. The Scottish Marine Station throughout gave the use of the steam-yacht “Medusa,” and the necessary apparatus.

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Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 36 , Issue 3 , 1892 , pp. 641 - 729
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1892

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page 674 note * Sixth Annual Report of Fishery Board for Scotland, 1887.

page 690 note * British Rainfall, 1889.

page 699 note * For comparison with other calculations it is well to point out that a cubic mile (statute mile = 5280 feet) of fresh water weighs 4,100,000,000 tons, and a cubic mileof sea water, 1·0260 density, weighs 4,206,000,000 tons, both at 15°·56. 1 cubic sea mile is equal to 4·16 cubic kilometres.