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2. Inquiry whether Sea Water has its Maximum Density at some degrees above its freezing point, after the manner of fresh water

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 March 2015

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Dr Hope stated that it has been considered a matter of considerable importance in the reasonings of geologists and hydrographers respecting some oceanic phenomena, whether sea water obeys at all temperatures the general law of expansion by heat, and contraction by cold, or, after the manner of fresh water, observes the anomalous course of contracting by heat, and expanding by cold, during a short range of temperature near its congealing point.

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Proceedings 1837–38
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 1 , 1845 , pp. 203 - 204
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1844

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