Brief biography and popular account of the unparalleled discoveries of T.J.J. See (1913)
Webb, W. L. (William Larkin), b. 1856 · Lynn, Mass. T.P. Nichols · leaf 266
coast musthave subsided by about this amount. The shores of the Mediter-ranean present numerous cases of harbor works of the classicperiod, some above and some below the present level of the sea. But the most celebrated case of subsidence is that of theHomeric City of Helike, which formerly stood… … UNPARALLELED DISCOVERIES OF T. J. J. SEE 135 ground near the latter place; then the bed of the Gulf of Corinthgave down at least 100 feet, and carried Helike down with it. Theinrush of the mighty sea wave destroyed ten Lacedemonian vesselslying in the harbor, and the sea rose so high about the…
See, Thomas Jefferson Jackson, 1866 · Astronomy
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