[82] The actual slope, however, does not amount to more than 1 in 7,000,000.
[83] Proc. of Roy. Geog. Soc., January 9, 1871, § 29.
[84] Trans. of Geol. Soc. of Glasgow for April, 1867; Phil. Mag. for June, 1867.
[85] Nature, vol. i., p. 541. Proc. Roy. Soc., vol. xviii., p. 473.
[89] Mr. Findlay considers that the daily discharge does not exceed 333 cubic miles (Brit. Assoc. Rep., 1869, p. 160). My estimate makes it 378 cubic miles. Mr. Laughton’s estimate is 630 cubic miles (Paper “On Ocean-currents,” Journal of Royal United-Service Institution, vol. xv.).
[90] Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, vol. xviii., p. 393.
[91] Phil. Mag. for October, 1871, p. 274.