Just to add to how common the knowledge was that an iceberg was 9/10s below the surface of the ocean, here is a quote from an 1850 children's book "Beechnut: A Branconia Story" by Jacob Abbott:
| "It is a certain proportion of the whole |mass," rejoined Beechnut. "They told us on |board our vessel that about one tenth part of |the iceberg was above the water, the rest, that |is, nine tenths, was under it. So' you see what |an enormous big piece of ice it must have |been, to have only one tenth part of it tower |up so high. (page 122). A copy of the entire book is available for free on books.google.com: https://books.google.com/books?id=hiUtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA122&dq=%22nine-tenths%22+iceberg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=OO7YVIqGKOqwsASXr4KIDQ&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22nine-tenths%22%20iceberg&f=false So, knowledge about icebergs seems to have been pretty common circa 1850 if facts about them could be used in a children's book. This raises the question of whether it really took 48 years for someone to use it as a metaphor for the conscious and unconscious mind. -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=41976 or send a blank email to leave-41976-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
