Excerpt from Collecting and Processing Data on Fish Eggs and Larvae in the California Current RegionThe original lines of the pattern were based on line 80 off Point Conception, and set parallel to that line 120 miles apart, north to line 10 off the United states-canadian border, and south to line 120 off Point Eugenia, Baja California. They were plotted to extend 30° southwest of lines of latitude, thus perpendicular to the coast of central California, north of Point Conception. It was intended that the 120-mile spacing would allow for additional lines to be plotted 12 miles apart between the cardinal lines and still be designated by whole numbers with out resorting to fractions. However, when lines were added between cardinal lines, it was deemed sufficient to space them at 40-mile intervals. Thus, the major pattern consists of the cardinal lines in multiples of 10 ending in o's and the or dinal lines ending in 3's and 7's. During the course of the investigations, lines were added finally to include line 157 just south of Cape San Lucas, Baja California.The stations on the lines were laid out on the basis of a perpendicular to line 80, at a point designated station The perpendicular, through all lines parallel to line 80, aligned the stations designated as 6o's.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.