New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-02
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s,s. ps.p-.ea ,oundngs have, Up " Ne pssen>
sn. hs,n Of about - much interest 10 ID - As o.
lance Of the Noon or The density q Ssssrn bus .
Great .eheme. The grsodest sciesth, projess whcs
man has ever Attempted and one IN which every p~s
cen IN this coumun, is moro or lees Interested, haS
given a practical and tangible interest 70 wsse W.
before bu, q mst,er Of amusing speculsnon. "ns u
10 connected the question whether We VII 81 Sw
Europeap nevs With the sun lssRins ban asy %
hind;' for on the accuracy OF hess deep eea ssene-
pgs depends the feasibility Of he Earopc0 Tao
srspb.
Random casts Of the leslhwc been made by officers
n eur Own service rpd the Roy a Navy; and too sx-
petitions have been fsred cu By our ows q v@snsne
hr this especial servi @ The hrss he Dcphis n
IS5S ard more lately the steamer Arctic, plsced e
The service Of The Telegrs ps Company during s iass
Autumn. she sailed from here Juy is Under so9-
mspd of Lieut. Bergman foe 81 Johns, Ne sfeosd.
.nd som Which point TO vslanta In the sossh- west
~ LELAND two lines Of souncinSs were made - -
ont q Ard and return vcya ge. Ine ves'N VS. Hssoed
With q stesm-reci meet me@nA Po ~
ann lance which modern science nss YET eveed lot
fr,ko,ine the depth II the ocean Sac was uno9 sn0
.omm,nS of an cfioer wbo hss seeo more 81 We
nernIinr work than spy other N the efVos III ESQ
soundipg vas made under toe care OF EwSS - !"
Well Known to the sord Of science oy his DAT ehpe-
Sron Yet the entiye results OF thn sxPedhoon saw
been pronour ced BY Lieut. Mary to be rovf~ss Hsy
cbarse coming fiom such . quaTef beam WIN
st,rs A .s do h services in 20 many depGtmess OK
ph,sea scieuce We yet believe that on this sn8c soo-
icet Of oee p-eea digs hs opportunities OF nNu
ton have Been infssior " thcse of Lieut. berynan-
Indeed most Of HE In 'crwat,on 70 sesned from sAre-
ful study OF We sners twp works lAtuA N. seveS
having had any pcrcdc.. experience on We sae,es-
His hr.t chsse 10 tina, the 'oundng spp.ratss used
on the Actsc a. new and red. Mays ps>en1ss
referred to- whih been in - ships Lex fog
several wears Iu prpctle has been losS known.
being me anir connivsnce for registering 10 swS
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ard ppa.d by Lest Aaary slpsek 10 thess vcrdse
"Mr BauI coestrsc'sc upoa plan furnished deep
"ses sop oips spperstus. To the lead Wa stssseea,
upon the principle Of the screw e. s.msss ~
"revolutiops mads By the lttje screw during The de-
".csnt aud t bavcg been sseertained by sxpestSsns
in sboA vsier. that tho spP~satus N descending,
would cause the propeller to make ore rev6snsu
for .ySy fsiheu OF pepenc icuar descent hss1s pro-
yteed with tho poser Of self rssu ston, were es-
" tacbsd to q disl and the nstI umeat Wa souspA u
st worked beautifully IN saoei depths, ess fsned
| blue water. from the difficulty OF hauling ~"
So, civ the principle bus described is not untred and
new 10 Lieut. MsuTy at least The only oe)astSon %
proposes ar isbes WHOM applies 10 Par-
DO. e. OF eeep-seA sounding A l5O-posad WEIGHS
sinks this little raf eg'sefng Machine 10 the oosfo
Brooks psisnt rsl'cvcs OF Tho weight and ~ am eA
bring. Il TO the surfsce. hssrys pct method 70 wEn
simple hne md shot for inc beauty OF waca e,s'cu
LET ma exsnipe bis swn book Ooe sfhcef 500
Nee and us of bis line running away Indie snns an
ain osr boitnmlees sea Aootber at tho esnie PSne
thinks be has found bottom at halt that deptn Inc
shock OF the bali striking bottom connot % conveyed
m, ORCH I've or three miles Of line, while losg ahsS
the air Ter has reached is destination the line b e1n
carried cut By the currssts aud counter-carenS Ase
intervene fhs liss tbus forms immense curve or
perhaps series Of curves according as thero are coo
Sr moIe currents thai aet l. The force Of these
rents will break any bat the strongest tnc Nov, IN.
der these crcumst.nos to give the lengh OF nne ous
90 the depth Il folly. while all calculations fr desse
&c are more or iess guess work. Even hsry's
faith bss nit kr whenever these curves excfc1 ewo
or three miles be ooodeDns them a. worthless charging
them TO the radical defcss Of the system. LAcut Br-
yymap who ba. tried the old methed more thoroughly
than any one in the vice thinss It but an spPrsai
matte 10 the truth On board the Arctic both yssos
were in use tina line out being always check on he
depth ipaioa'ed BY na.'ys n.a u~snt , un' ring s
agree with theHselv,s All sosndipgs made VIII has.
seys patent agree exscy and Il was only who's resort
as had 70 the small limo and shot that dsorcpsacies
d6stsver themselves vhch can be reasonably eosrged
on thess inevitatls detects OF this method jost Do
ecfited.
His otker charge 10 NAT the soundings In the ArstA
do not ss,ee with those In The Dolphin Toe too lines
touch In but single psos whore the nearest sosDfags
Ae miles apart Aac d,ffcx by bat few fatbsms. The
work Of the Dolphin several degrees snun 81 No
route Of tie Arcaic curtoss TACT thst the data
used by Liest n. 10 that portion OF Lieut. BIS work
which be himseH rejects.
Lieut. M.ury, smply a. Ire channel BY which thsss
soupdipgs have been made pubic, has been foruaate
In bsvipg bis Own name given 10 the elsrspho plst
Eau, and |, being quoted abroad - having exesssd
those very sOundngs by which that plateau was nsh
ppNeDt.
piece Of information per.onsl rather than sccetifo
nay east Ny Of light on this subjvct.
The steamer Arctic sent 10 at tho instance Of
the Telegraph Company; but to avoid the delay Of
tspecisl appropriation, sa' equipped under Law plae-
ing three vsssr the disposed OF Lieut.. sury. Yet
B.rrymsn dsowss M,urys suthority, declines asast-
him in certain iberuometricaI obervs tisss cad
ports not him bat 70 the Secretary of tho Nssy.
Were not Lieut. MAJ abov. this suspicion We a>ght
tk.es (nr ha nlaaR
with which be itisises tic woSk Of brother sfoer.
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