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he carried out extensive surveying the Sea of
Marmora and the Bosphorus, as well as in the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean. In the Bosphorus he designed ingenious methods to measure the flow at different levels, showing currents and counter-currents. In 1874, Wharton was involved in preparations for
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