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Atlantic depth narrates past 29000 feet and ocean contours
The piece recounts early deep sea sounding methods and failures with lines and balls, noting explorers Walsh Berryman Parker and Denham finding no bottom to 50 000 feet in some cases. Brooke devised a method fixing a maximum Atlantic depth around 29,000 feet, with a view of irregular sea floors and Alpine-like underwater ridges. It also covers a public letter proposing an Atlantic railroad and brief items on a minister to Spain, comet tail theories, a boy carrier, a district attorney appointment, a violent riot, unemployment in iron districts, and a Iowa City race for a silver cake basket.
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Lieut. Walsh
United States Service
Lieu. Berryman
United States
Dolphin
Lieu. Parker
United State
Congress
Cat. Denham
Her
Herald
South Atlantic
Brooke
Atlantic No
Newfoundland
Atlantic
Bartroop
Europe
Ope
Levi Davis
Ridgeway
Orleans County
New York
New York Tribune
America
England
France
Russia
Scotland
New England
Amrican
Spain
Times
Wm. Preston
Kentucky
M. C
Preston
Louisville
Pierce
Democrats
Humphrey Marshall
Vitu
Wanda
Canadas