Accounts Rendered of Work Done and Things Seen [Paperback]

Originally published in 1917, this book gathers together a selection of the papers of Scottish chemist and oceanographer John Young Buchanan.John Young Buchanan (18441925) was a Scottish chemist and oceanographer who worked extensively on the chemistry of marine environments. Originally published in 1917, this book gathers together a selection of Buchanan's papers on a broad variety of topics. Numerous illustrative figures are also included and the contents listing contains extensive notes.John Young Buchanan (18441925) was a Scottish chemist and oceanographer who worked extensively on the chemistry of marine environments. Originally published in 1917, this book gathers together a selection of Buchanan's papers on a broad variety of topics. Numerous illustrative figures are also included and the contents listing contains extensive notes.John Young Buchanan (18441925) was a Scottish chemist and oceanographer, he worked extensively on the chemistry of marine environments. Originally published in 1919, this book gathers together a selection of Buchanan's papers on a broad variety of topics, some of them non-scientific. Numerous illustrative figures are also included and the contents listing contains extensive notes on each of the papers. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the writings of Buchanan, chemistry, oceanography and the history of science.1. Geography. In its physical and economical relations; 2. A retrospect of oceanography in the twenty years before 1895; 3. On similarities in the physical geography of the great oceans; 4. Relation between the temperature of the sea and that of the air above it; 5. The colour of the sea; 6. The occurrence of sulphur in marine muds and nodules, and its bearing on their mode of formation; 7. Note on the manganese nodules found on the bed of the ocean; 8. Manganese nodules in Loch Fyne; 9. On the composition of oceanic and littoral nodules; 10. On a method of determining the specific gravity of soluble l`