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PROFESSOR DITTMAR'S researches, an account of which forms Part 1. of this volume, have finally proved that, so far as the most refined analysis can go, the mixture of salts dissolved in ocean water has attained a state of chemical equilibrium. But, although there is constancy of proportion between the various salts, the ratio of the total salts to the water varies considerably in different parts of the ocean.
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"The Physics and Chemistry of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger." Vol. i. Part ii. "Report on the Specific Gravity of Ocean Water." By J. Y. Buchanan, M.A., F.R.S.E. Part iii. "Report on the Deep-Sea Temperature Observations obtained by the Officers of H.M.S. Challenger during the Years 1873–76." (London: Longmans and Co., 1884.) See NATURE, July 24, p. 292.
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MILL, H. The Saltness and the Temperature of the Sea 1 . Nature 30, 313–314 (1884). https://doi.org/10.1038/030313a0
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