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Some Oceanography from the Past

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2010

J. N. Carruthers
Affiliation:
(National Institute of Oceanograph)

Extract

Lucretius, in the century before Christ, was by no means the first wise man to ponder and seek to explain the apparent mystery in this biblical citation, and he is but one of a great company of ancients whose recorded sayings are a delight to all who love the sea. We shall come back to Lucretius.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1963

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