How a group spreads

Studied from its original page

Volumetric temperature-salinity diagram

volumetric T-S census

Made by
R. B. Montgomery
Year
1958
Field
Earth science and hydrology
Kind
Data display
Room
How a group spreads

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See the original page — Table 2.4, printed p. 51 (PDF page 10 of the sections 2.1-2.3 file)

Fails both tests on the date alone: published 1981 (A) and not a government, corporate or anonymous work from 1955 or earlier (B); authors need not be checked.

The data it needs

  • class_a position · interval · degC
  • class_b position · interval · per mille salinity
  • volume value · quantitative · volume units

Built in 8 steps, as its maker described

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Skeleton drawing, not the original plate

121 other forms share this skeleton

Source

Montgomery 1958, Deep-Sea Research 5

Attribution less certain: contested, or no single inventor recorded

Searches, not citations

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