The Ocean and its Wonders
Chapter I. WHAT THE OCEAN HAS TO SAY—ITS WHISPERS
—ITS THUNDERS—ITS SECRETS.
Chapter II. COMPOSITION OF THE SEA—ITS SALTS
—POWER AND USES OF WATER—ADVANTAGE AND DISADVANTAGE OF SALTS—ANECDOTE
—DEEP-SEA SOUNDINGS—BROOKES APPARATUS—IMPORTANCE OF THE SEARCH AFTER
TRUTH—ILLUSTRATIONS—DISCOVERIES RESULTING FROM DEEP-SEA SOUNDINGS.
Chapter III. WAVES—SYSTEM IN ALL THINGS—VALUE OF
SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE—ILLUSTRATIVE ANECDOTE—HEIGHT OF WAVES—DR.
SCORESBY—SIZE, VELOCITY, AND AWFUL POWER OF WAVES—ANECDOTES REGARDING
THEM—TIDES.
Chapter IV. THE GULF STREAM—ITS NATURE—CAUSE
—ILLUSTRATION—EFFECT OF SMALL POWERS UNITED—ADVENTURES OF A PARTICLE
OF WATER—EFFECT OF GULF STREAM ON CLIMATE—ITS COURSE—INFLUENCE ON
NAVIGATION—SARGASSO SEA—SCIENTIFIC EFFORTS OF PRESENT DAY—WIND AND
CURRENT CHARTS—EFFECTS ON COMMERCE—CAUSE OF STORMS—INFLUENCE OF
GULF STREAM ON MARINE ANIMALS.
Chapter V. THE ATMOSPHERIC OCEAN—ORDER IN ITS FLOW
—OFFICES OF THE ATMOSPHERE—DANGERS LESSENED BY SCIENCE—CURRENTS OF
ATMOSPHERE—CAUSE OF WIND—TWO GREAT CURRENTS—DISTURBING INFLUENCES
—CALMS—VARIABLE WINDS—CAUSES THEREOF—LOCAL CAUSES OF DISTURBANCE
—GULF STREAM—INFLUENCE—THE WINDS MAPPED OUT—A SUPPOSED CASE.
Chapter VI. TRADE-WINDS—STORMS—THEIR EFFECTS
—MONSOONS—THEIR VALUE—LAND AND SEA BREEZES—EXPERIMENTS—HURRICANES
—THOSE OF 1801—ROTATORY STORMS—THEIR TERRIBLE EFFECTS—CHINA SEAS
—HURRICANE IN 1837—WHIRLWINDS—WEIGHT OF ATMOSPHERE—VALUE OF
ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION—HEIGHT OF ATMOSPHERE.
Chapter VII. WATERSPOUTS—CAUSES OF—APPEARANCE
—ELECTRICITY—EXPERIMENTS—ARTIFICIAL WATERSPOUTS—SHOWERS OF FISH
—MR. ELLIS ON WATERSPOUTS IN THE SOUTH SEAS.
Chapter VIII. THE ARCTIC SEAS—THEIR CHARACTER,
SCENERY, AND ATMOSPHERICAL ILLUSIONS.
Chapter IX. FORMATION OF ICE—DANGERS OF
DISRUPTING ICE—ANECDOTE—DRIFTING ICE—DRIFT OF THE “FOX”—“NIPPING"
ANECDOTE—LOSS OF THE “BREADALBANE”.
Chapter X. ICEBERGS—THEIR APPEARANCE AND FORMS
—THEIR CAUSE—GLACIERS—THEIR NATURE AND ORIGIN—ANECDOTE OF SCORESBY
—RISK AMONG ICEBERGS—MCCLURE'S EXPERIENCE.
Chapter XI. ICE AN AGENT IN TRANSPORTING BOULDERS
—HOW THIS COMES ABOUT—DR. KANE'S OBSERVATIONS—LONG NIGHT IN WINTER
AND LONG DAY IN SUMMER—EXTREME DARKNESS—INFLUENCE ON DOGS—INTENSE
COLD—EFFECT ON THE SEA.
Chapter XII. QUESTION OF AN OPEN SEA ROUND THE
POLES—UPPER AND UNDER CURRENTS OF THE OCEAN—CAUSE THEREOF—HABITS OF
THE WHALE AS BEARING ON THE QUESTION—DR. KANE'S DISCOVERY OF AN OPEN
SEA IN THE FAR NORTH—NOTES ON THE EXPEDITION—A BEAR-HUNT.
Chapter XIII. MISCELLANEOUS PHENOMENA OF THE POLAR
SEAS AND REGIONS—THE AURORA BOREALIS—ICE-BLINK—OPTICAL
ILLUSIONS-ANECDOTE OF SCORESBY—HALOES—CORONAE—MOCK SUNS—REFRACTION
—FROSTS.
Chapter XIV. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE SEA—MEDUSAE—FOOD
OF THE WHALE—PHOSPHORIC LIGHT—CAUSE THEREOF—LUMINOSITY OF THE OCEAN.
Chapter XV. CORAL INSECTS AND CORAL ISLANDS
—POLYNESIA—OPERATIONS OF THE CORAL INSECT—GROWTH OF CORAL REEFS.
Chapter XVI. VOLCANIC ISLANDS—OPINIONS OF THE
ANCIENTS—“ATLANTIS”—INSTANCE OF THE FORMATION OF A VOLCANIC ISLAND
—CONCLUSION.
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