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Zoological Researches
AMONG the various scientific objects of our expedition the examination of the biology of those parts of the ocean which we traversed was one of the most important. We had with this view equipped ourselves in the best way with all the apparatus required for the purpose (dredges, trawl-nets, swabs, sieves, &c.), chiefly after the newest English models, a considerable quantity of ropes of various kinds, and heavy iron weights to hold the apparatus to the bottom were also stowed away in the hold of the vessel. There was besides procured a large quantity of glass vessels of different sizes and kinds, from small test-tubes to cylinders a foot in diameter, and a considerable stock of spirits for preserving the specimens that might be collected.
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The Norwegian North-Sea Expedition of 1876 1 . Nature 15, 412–414 (1877). https://doi.org/10.1038/015412a0
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