 I have sometimes imagined that a disturbed electrical condition of the atmosphere was most favourable to its production. Certainly I think the sea is most luminous after a few days of more calm weather than ordinary, during which time it has swarmed with...  The chemistry of creation - Page 409by Robert Ellis (F.L.S.) - 1850Full view - About this book
 | Charles Darwin - Beagle Expedition - 1846 - 396 pages
...of more calm weather than ordinary, during which time it has swarmed with various animals. Observing that the water charged with gelatinous particles is...a kind of respiration^ the ocean becomes purified. December 23d.—We arrived at Port Desire, situated in lat 47°, on the coast of Patagonia. The creek... | |
 | 398 pages
...origin to the luminosity of the aca 1 Darwin expresses his opinion in the following words. "Observing, that the water charged with gelatinous particles is...agitation of the fluid in contact with the atmosphere, I have always been inclined to consider that the phosphorescence was the result of the decomposition... | |
 | Home tutor - 1862 - 532 pages
...to the luminosity ef the sea ? Darwin expresses his opinion in the following words : — " Observing that the water charged with gelatinous particles is...luminous appearance in all common cases is produced bv the agitation of the fluid in contact with the atmosphere, I have always been inclined to consider... | |
 | William Jones (F. S.) - Marine animals - 1871 - 488 pages
...many other pelagic (belonging to the deep sea) animals, when alive, are phosphorescent. The phenomenon is the result of the decomposition of the organic particles, by which process the ocean becomes purified." "The lamps of the sea-nymphs, Myriad fiery globes, swim heaving and panting;... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Science - 1878 - 686 pages
...as well as in the northern hemisphere, to be the common cause of this phenomenon. * * * ' Observing that the water charged with gelatinous particles is...kind of respiration) the ocean becomes purified.' Whether this conjecture be true or not, there can be no doubt that the phosphorescence of the sea is... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Induction (Logic) - 1878 - 702 pages
...as well as in the northern hemisphere, to be the common cause of this phenomenon. * * * ' Observing that the water charged with gelatinous particles is...kind of respiration) the ocean becomes purified.' Whether this conjecture be true or not, there can be no doubt that the phosphorescence of the sea is... | |
 | John Davis - Azores - 1880 - 514 pages
...water was in an impure state, charged with gelatinous particles, and that the luminous appearance was produced " by the agitation of the fluid in contact with the atmosphere". The particles were so minute that, although many were visible to the naked eye, they were easily passed... | |
 | J. Wesley Van Dervoort - Ocean - 1886 - 530 pages
...can be no doubt that very many other pelagic animals, when alive, are phosphorescent. The phenomenon is the result of the decomposition of the organic particles, by which process the ocean becomes purified." Having briefly glanced at some of the most important features of the world... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Beagle Expedition - 1889 - 628 pages
...of more calm weather than ordinary, during which time it has swarmed with various animals. Observing that the water charged with gelatinous particles is...a kind of respiration) the ocean becomes purified. December 23rd. — We arrived at Port Desire, situated in lat. 47°, on the coast of Patagonia. The... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Science - 1896 - 542 pages
...of more calm weather than ordinary, during which time it has swarmed with various animals. Observing that the water charged with gelatinous particles is...produced by the agitation of the fluid in contact witli the atmosphere, I am inclined to consider that the phosphorescence is the result of the decomposition... | |
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