Author: Woodrow Cooper JacobsPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780266364191
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Excerpt from Scientific Results of Cruise VII of the Carnegie During 1928-1929 Under Command of Captain J. P. Ault, Vol. 1: Meteorology; Meteorological Results of Cruise VII of the Carnegie, 1928-1929 But this cruise was tragically the last of the seven great adventures represented by the world cruises of the vessel. Early in the afternoon of November 29, 1929, while she was in the harbor at Apia completing the stor age of 2000 gallons of gasoline, there was an explosion as a result of which Captain Ault and cabin boy Anthony Kolar lost their lives, five officers and seamen were in jured, and the vessel with all her equipment was de stroyed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
