A Textbook of Oceanography (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from A Textbook of OceanographyThe seas form so large a part of the environment of mankind that the reasoned description of their great area and contents is a subject of the very first importance. The main features of the seas and oceans of the globe affect human life and its problems in endless ways. The oceans exercise a profound in¿uence over climate and vegetation, the possibilities of cultivation and human settlement. Oceanic movements, both tidal and non-tidal, affect the harbours of the globe and our maritime intercourse, and had still more intimate bearings on that intercourse in the days before the introduction of steam as a means of the propulsion of vessels and the era of great engineering feats such as ship-canal construction. These movements also affect the migrations of fish and cetacea, and so in¿uence fisheries and the growth of sea-power.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.