{"product_id":"accounts-rendered-of-work-done-and-things-seen-paperback-9781107683433","title":"Accounts Rendered of Work Done and Things Seen (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107683433","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAccounts Rendered of Work Done and Things Seen\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOriginally published in 1917, this book gathers together a selection of the papers of Scottish chemist and oceanographer John Young Buchanan.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJ. Y. Buchanan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107683433, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 19 December 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e502 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.8 cm, 0.63 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eJohn Young Buchanan (1844–1925) was a Scottish chemist and oceanographer, he worked extensively on the chemistry of marine environments. Originally published in 1919, this book gathers together a selection of Buchanan's papers on a broad variety of topics, some of them non-scientific. Numerous illustrative figures are also included and the contents listing contains extensive notes on each of the papers. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the writings of Buchanan, chemistry, oceanography and the history of science.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Geography. In its physical and economical relations\u003cbr\u003e 2. A retrospect of oceanography in the twenty years before 1895\u003cbr\u003e 3. On similarities in the physical geography of the great oceans\u003cbr\u003e 4. Relation between the temperature of the sea and that of the air above it\u003cbr\u003e 5. The colour of the sea\u003cbr\u003e 6. The occurrence of sulphur in marine muds and nodules, and its bearing on their mode of formation\u003cbr\u003e 7. Note on the manganese nodules found on the bed of the ocean\u003cbr\u003e 8. Manganese nodules in Loch Fyne\u003cbr\u003e 9. On the composition of oceanic and littoral nodules\u003cbr\u003e 10. On a method of determining the specific gravity of soluble salts by displacement in their own mother-liquor\u003cbr\u003e and its application in the case of the alkaline halides\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Mediterranean sea\u003cbr\u003e 12. On the composition of some deep-sea deposits from the Mediterranean\u003cbr\u003e 13. On the oxidation of ferrous salts\u003cbr\u003e 14. The sunsets of autumn, 1883. Observed at sea in the cable-ship Dacia\u003cbr\u003e 15. Sue la densité et l'alcalinité des eaux de l'Atlantique et de la Méditerranée\u003cbr\u003e 16. Monaco a whaling station\u003cbr\u003e 17. The cruise of the Princesse Alice\u003cbr\u003e 18. The sperm whale and its food\u003cbr\u003e 19. The oceanographical museum at Monaco\u003cbr\u003e 20. Lakes\u003cbr\u003e 21. On the distribution of temperature in Loch Lomond during the autumn of 1885\u003cbr\u003e 22. The windings of rivers\u003cbr\u003e 23. Volcanoes and earthquakes\u003cbr\u003e 24. On a remarkable effect produced by the momentary relief of great pressure\u003cbr\u003e 25. Preliminary note on the compressibility of glass\u003cbr\u003e 26. On the compressibility of solids\u003cbr\u003e 27. On an apparatus for gas-analysis\u003cbr\u003e 28. Her Majesty's Ship Sultan\u003cbr\u003e 29. Air tight subdivisions in ships\u003cbr\u003e 30. The Northallerton accident, 1894\u003cbr\u003e 31. The wreck of Santos Dumont No. 6 at Monaco, 14 February, 1902\u003cbr\u003e 32. The daintiness of the rat\u003cbr\u003e 33. Fish and drought.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Oceanography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Oceanography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Oceanography%20%5Bseas%5D%20%5BRBKC%5D%22\"\u003eseas RBKC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265880609048,"sku":"9781107683433","price":45.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107683433i_2e75fc72-313f-43b8-9cbe-f5e7cabea149.jpg?v=1694509185","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/accounts-rendered-of-work-done-and-things-seen-paperback-9781107683433","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}