A Textbook of Oceanography (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from A Textbook of Oceanography In spite of the great interest that maritime questions have for the English-speaking nations, there is no modern textbook in English on the subject of oceanography. Considerable progress has recently been made in the teaching of geography, which is now a degree course at many of our Universities. Although there are many textbooks and manuals on navigational.subjects, some of which are published under Government or departmental auspices, it cannot be claimed for these works that their oceanographical (as distinguished from their navigational) instruction is at all up to date. In fact, in most of these works such questions as, e. g., ocean currents are dealt with regardless of modern methods of scientific investigation, and apparently the authors are simply content to copy from older textbooks on the subject. Consequently there is a gap which it is hoped may be filled by a book which, without being unduly technical or mathematical, will give the student an opportunity of becoming acquainted with modern methods of oceanographical research and their chief results. This book has been designed to meet the requirements of the higher forms of schools, of teachers in training, and of students attending a school of geography at one of the Universities, as well as intending naval and mercantile marine officers, since, although a textbook of oceanography can hardly be regarded as an aid to navigation, it should contain much of interest to seafarers. The book should be read with the aid of an atlas, since it is impossible, without unduly enlarging the scope of the book, to provide charts and plans to illustrate all the points dealt with. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.