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Title page of Edwards Forbes' paper concerning a dredging expedition in theAegean Sea. Forbes set forth the concept that no life existed below 300 fathomsinspiring numerous pioneeer oceanographers to devise means to prove him wrong. In: The Annual Report of the British Association for the Advancement ofScience for the year 1843. NOAA Central Library Journal collection.