The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-31

such . bottle meant very comfortable
gum for the Giscovsrer thereof.
These bottles were the solution OF the
problem as 70 how best 70 establish definite
IL the exact facts concerning those ocean
currents which play 50 great part In nav
igation- The result has been astonishing.
Not only has the apparent truth concern
ing the drifts been shown clearly, but new
facts OF which no navigator ever dreamed
brought 10 Light. The chart presented
herewith furnishes an idea OF the path
followed by those bottles whose drift VAS
confined 70 the Atlantic. the mapping OK
the drifts II other oceans being a. present
iTrprzcticabls, for the reason that expert
nents have "a yet been too msager 10 war
rant the assumption OF absolute fact that
ths government assumes with reference 10
the Atlantic
OF The bottles recovered esghsy-ous were
cast overheard within the limits q the
Norta Atlantic nine Ia the Sogth Atlantic,
eight In the North Pacific eight IN ths
South PaciE- and three IN the Indian
ocean. Three bottles crossed the equator.
OF thess. two were in TIE Atlantic. both
going from south 20 north The first was
thrown overheard from the steamship
Euphemia. March J. issS. II latitude deg.
a. min. south. longitude = deg west
August A. 1Sse this bottle vas recovered n
latitude IA deg % rtn- north. longitude 81
deg west Il bad been jouraeytng Just "A
davs: "a that tine 4 had travelled ITO
miles ard its average drift per day was
lis miles
The second bottle was shroxa overheard
from TIE steamship Wlttekiz6s April 3.
isaS. n latitude : deg. 90 gaan- south, lon
g1tu9e 81 deg 3 fin reS@ X Eas r~c0E-
cred September of the sane year n lztl-
tuzs % deg "a min north ard longifads
Is deg p min w@st having Travelled L50
miles n II days. drifting So niles eaca
eAy. TIE trip % the thIrd bottle began
IL tia ChIaz sea and = went from north %
south. Il xzs dropped overheard By
Representative OF the ny1r0gTa raic ofNce
rom the ship san. August "a, lss5. IN hti-
t14a - deg 3 ErIr- north. longitude Is
de- Is ratn east June OF the following
gear = wss fou,5 81 latlrHde deg. south,
Ienx.tu1s f1s deg east Although II had
Travelled 20 days, the distance travsrsed
was only / 80 uzslex. or an average daily
srfst a. as nsElss These @gures snow Bet
ter than al Else the difference between TIE
currents tn tas Different seAs.
Arcrr ne articles thrown overheard
arr recovered - witch record css oeen
kept ~ re nv9rovrsPh ie cffce. are two
kg0ys Ore % rn~=@. : life buoy. gas
trroxr Overheard from re steamship Pa
fAtts September "a - ard was picked
up On the west coast - Ireland !sisad, o7-
- -. Bsrwz9ss January r Iss-. Tire
ssno-t vas buoy swept overheard from
re Ianausx@ cruiser Bsrta April - ia.
ana whsrh u1s r4-s-1 - hT - srsaEa-
sn.r EzAarea Hou. = To Straits serEssn
m .slsr6s q Hawai- ard Mas
TIE Borxes. artfr vas thAt e bottle
shrown overheard frorr tne ship AgA@rf5n
- 80 s5ash % tk@ Falkland tslaE2s. art
tourH. after ar Interval . sl.gEtly less
than thr.~ Years. n@sr Eyr. Patch. &C tae
Shores - the great Australian Bgst, ire
distance b@trs$n these two p1i7ts. meas
4~~sf Hsurext-sat@Iy along ~. parallel 5%-
try xE8 niles o. n. -ora .xten-e3
s~fsts tne cns hzv3-g tae highest 6z+iF
awarax- - zass Eas confined. as gsua4
wholly % rhe ezza or a. elrrs1f. netnK szas
q ~ nor.fe sn-owr 0wsrboAr9 from tse
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- Ns-%a Afszrese. ard - sscw t1s else
zxv~a-%rt thNs exists between t1s rs1tso-
nF s-e surface water ard tee Ssrsce.s- -
re .-swaslsrg wits TIE lafts-. r1~cg-
lztsuE srcsnt t1s ge<.7n % &c aga Bar
rg~ssr1c -ress-~@ % 80 southwest - -
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sl-.agx urFazsazx r=~2aa-4ry. Bet @ -
~s-rrN~n see sr*-znnsEv lzs%~Tuar~1 ~
re a&ssax- % t-~urawzry a~sas - Ig-
pressure rsw@ rtss . ~&rfft" ew--w-.s.
wAs~a are -~~ssv "a s-4cs G. tae wsz5
g 80 szr<see g ths wat>e. SIS. Ter ex-
a-pl=. - t1e -sgtor - - s~z9s wtz9s,
ware - whozs surface - - sea- ger
srzt1v s-~a xzrr - ranws~F@s t-s7 q asgT
carer, rovs-x q leswart-
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obstacle Ire E1&Rx &c ~stsr c.-e1 sv t1s
ar scc4-<21arax % sea a. extent -1zs