 We have been cruising on the bottom in rivers, in Chesapeake Bay and beneath the broad Atlantic. In the rivers we invariably found a muddy bed ; in the bay we found bottoms of various kinds, in some places so soft that our divers would sink up to their...  The English Illustrated Magazine - Página 411899Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1899 - 652 páginas
...an experimental at one place we ran across a bottom whic' was composed of a loose gravel resemblin) shelled corn. Out in the ocean, however was found the ideal submarine course, con sisting of fine gray sand, almost as hard as; macadamized road, and very level and uni form. During... | |
 | William Thomas Stead - 1899 - 656 páginas
...invariably found a muddy bed ; in the bay we found bottoms of various kinds — in some places so soft that our divers would sink up to their knees, while in other places the ground would bs hard, •and at one place we ran across a bottom which was composed of a loose gravel resembling... | |
 | Herbert C. Fyfe - 1907 - 350 páginas
...invariably found a muddy bed ; in the bay we found bottoms of various kinds, in some places so soft that our divers would sink up to their knees, while in...was found the ideal submarine course, consisting of a fine gray sand, almost as hard as a macadamised road, and very level and uniform. " During this trip... | |
 | Farnham Bishop - 1916 - 242 páginas
...found a muddy bed ; in Chesapeake Bay we found bottoms of various kinds, in some places so soft that our divers would sink up to their knees, while in...was found the ideal submarine course, consisting of a fine gray sand, almost as hard as a macadamized road, and very level and unf. form." During this... | |
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