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IN NATURE (vol. lii. p. 550, October 3, 1895), I mentioned that H.M.S. Penguin, Commander A. F. Balfour, R.N., had found in the Pacific Ocean deeper water than any yet known in lat 23˙40 S., long. 175˙10 W., but had failed to reach the bottom owing to breakage of the wire at 4900 fathoms.
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WHARTON, W. The Deepest Sounding Yet Known. Nature 53, 392–393 (1896). https://doi.org/10.1038/053392a0
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