Open AccessPreliminary report of the scientific exploration of the deep sea in H. M. surveying-vessel ‘Porcupine,' during the summerof 1869
Publication year - 1870
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9126
pISSN - 0370-1662
DOI - 10.1098/rspl.1869.0084
Subject(s) - majesty , porcupine , scope (computer science) , dredging , government (linguistics) , library science , aeronautics , engineering , political science , operations research , management , oceanography , law , geology , computer science , philosophy , paleontology , linguistics , economics , programming language
The following Extracts from the Minutes of the Council of the Royal Society set forth the origin of the 'Porcupine’ Expedition, and the objects which it was designed to carry out.January 21, 1869. The Preliminary Report of the Dredging Operations conducted by Drs. Carpenter and Wyville Thomson (in the ‘Lightning’) having been considered, it was Resolved,—That, looking to the valuable results obtained from these Marine Researches, restricted in scope as they have been in a first trial, the President and Council consider it most desirable, with a view to the advancement of Zoology and other branches of science, that the exploration should be renewed in the course of the ensuing summer, and carried over a wider area; and that the aid of Her Majesty's Government, so liberally afforded last year, be again requested in furtheranceof the undertaking.