SMS 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Matthew Fontaine Maury, September Equinox, Oceanography
4 Aug 2016
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It has been argued that science itself (cid:449)as (cid:862)i(cid:374)(cid:448)e(cid:374)ted(cid:863) or (cid:862)dis(cid:272)o(cid:448)ered(cid:863), a(cid:271)out 600b. c. (cid:271)y the. Greek philosopher thales of miletos, who might have been the first person to formally abandon the supernatural approach: believed that there were laws controlling nature. Aristotle, whom we might consider to be on e of the first marine scientists, offered in his treatise meterologica a number of explanations for how the oceans were formed and why they are salty. As well as why there are ocean tides. The roman natural philosopher pliny the elder provided numerous improvements on earlier marine observations, such as the tides and saltiness. The word ocean, comes from the greek okeanos , (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h origi(cid:374)ally (cid:373)ea(cid:374)t (cid:862)great ri(cid:448)er(cid:863) In the early development of principles of navigation, two major problems needed to be solved. First, early mariners had to have some idea of scale.
