Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76
Subtitle: under the command of Captain George S. Nares, R.N., F.R.S., and the late Captain Frank Tourle Thomson, R.N.
By: prepared under the superintendence of Sir C. Wyvill Thomson and now of John Murray
Series: Harvard Ernst Mayr Library preservation microfilm project -- 01091
Publisher: Printed for H.M.S.O.
Published: 1880
Place of publication: Edinburgh?
Language: eng
Number of pages: 50
Subjects: Marine sciences; Oceanography; Marine animals; Challenger Expedition (1872-1876) (uri) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2003015598 (uri) http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC|nr2003015598; Challenger (Steamship)
Other titles: Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger
Notes: Zoology, v. 1-3: "Prepared under the superintendence of C. Wyville Thomson."

Editorial notes of A summary of the scientific results signed: John Murray, Challenger Office.

"Published by order of Her Majesty's Government."

Imprint varies.

Some v. issued in pts.

Pts. issued out of chronological order.

Three folded maps in pocket of A summary of the scientific results, 1st pt.

"The Challenger report : systematic list of the contents of the official report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger": A summary of the scientific results, 1st pt., p. xiii-xxii.

"List of the fifty volumes of the Challenger report with their contents as bound at time of publication": A summary of the scientific results, 1st pt., p. xxii-xxxi.

First pt. of A summary of the scientific results includes 2 appendices: Zoology, Part LXXXIII. Report on Spirula / [by Thos. H. Huxley and Paul Pelseneer]; and Physics and chemistry, Part VIII. Report on oceanic circulation / [by Alexander Buchan].

"Bibliography, giving the titles of books, reports, and memoirs referring to the results of the Challenger Expedition": Narrative, v. 1, 2nd pt., p. [1053]-1063.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Access to portions of this material may be restricted.
Table of contents: title: Narrative (2 v. in 3); title: Physics and chemistry (2 v.); title: Deep-sea deposits; title: Botany (2 v.); title: Zoology (32 v. in 40); title: A summary of the scientific results (1 v. in 2).