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Selected Readings

The NOAA Central Library houses a special archive of more than 5,000 rare historical books. Many of these date to the 18th and 19th Centuries, and some are even earlier. This collection includes works from the archive that have special significance to the historical record of ocean exploration. The collection is divided chronologically into three eras: pre-1846, 1846-1922, and 1923-1945. Each entry includes the author, title, publication information, year of publication, significance to ocean exploration, and NOAA Central Library call number.

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Pre 1845

  • Author:
    Boyle, Robert
    Title:
    Tracts consisting of observations about the saltness of the sea: an account of a statical hygroscope and its uses: together with an appendix about the force of the air's moisture: a fragment about the naturaindentl and preternatural state of bodies / by the Honourable Robert Boyle; to all which is premis'd a sceptical dialogue about the positive or privative nature of cold; with some experiments of Mr. Boyle's referr'd to in that discourse by a member of the Royal Society.
    Publisher:
    London: Printed by E. Flesher for R. Davis, Bookseller in Oxford
    Year:
    1674
    Significance:
    One of the first treatises on chemical oceanography.
    Call Number:
    Q155.B68 1674
  • Author:
    Boyle, Robert
    Title:
    Tracts consisting of observations about the saltness of the sea: an account of a statical hygroscope and its uses: together with an appendix about the force of the air's moisture: a fragment about the naturaindentl and preternatural state of bodies / by the Honourable Robert Boyle; to all which is premis'd a sceptical dialogue about the positive or privative nature of cold; with some experiments of Mr. Boyle's referr'd to in that discourse by a member of the Royal Society.
    Publisher:
    London: Printed by E. Flesher for R. Davis, Bookseller in Oxford
    Year:
    1674
    Significance:
    One of the first treatises on chemical oceanography.
    Call Number:
    Q155.B68 1674