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... obtain from the ocean , it is also the earliest sea chemical known to man . The Chinese mentioned salt from the sea in 2200 B.C. The Greek philosopher Aristotle described a method of desalting sea water in his Meteor- ologia , and ...
... obtain from the ocean , it is also the earliest sea chemical known to man . The Chinese mentioned salt from the sea in 2200 B.C. The Greek philosopher Aristotle described a method of desalting sea water in his Meteor- ologia , and ...
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... obtain cores , grabs , or dredges from the ocean bottom . Best known of cor- ing instruments are the Phloger , Ewing , and Kullen- berg corers , which pierce the mud bottom with tubes weighted at the top and also have nose pieces which ...
... obtain cores , grabs , or dredges from the ocean bottom . Best known of cor- ing instruments are the Phloger , Ewing , and Kullen- berg corers , which pierce the mud bottom with tubes weighted at the top and also have nose pieces which ...
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... obtain , in a certain limited area and time , a series of oceanic meas- urements - actually the first large - scale synoptic survey . Still another is the International Year of the Quiet Sun , which involves considerable oceanographic ...
... obtain , in a certain limited area and time , a series of oceanic meas- urements - actually the first large - scale synoptic survey . Still another is the International Year of the Quiet Sun , which involves considerable oceanographic ...
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