Deep-sea sounding and dredging
Subtitle: a description and discussion of the method and appliances used on board the Coast and Geodetic Survey Steamer, "Blake."
By: By Charles D. Sigsbee...
Contributors: Sigsbee, Charles D. 1845-1923.
Publisher: Gov't Print. Off.
Published: 1880
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
Subjects: Blake (Ship); Deep-sea sounding; Dredges
Description: "[Report contains] twenty-five heliotype plates showing the ship, Sigsbee's sounding machines and various deck photographs of how to place it in operation...[This is] an example of a lavishly illustrated report. The industrial photography in this book is of the highest quality and is striking in its directness."--Hanson Collection catalog, p. 72.
Notes: At head of title:  United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.  Carlile P. Patterson, superintendent.