Excerpt from Papers on the Eastern and Northern Extensions of the Gulf Stream: From the German of Dr. A. Petermann, Dr. W. Von Freeden, and Dr. A. MühryThe expedition, however, ascertained the temperature of the water, at a depth of fathoms, to be and at 2435 fathoms, still Compared with this, the deep-sea temperature of the Gulf of Arabia, and even of the waters under the Equator, 'will be found very low, sinking to 34 in general the deep-sea temperature of the tropical oceans is lower than that of the North Atlantic basin.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.