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... considerable experience- may be found useful to beginners . I pretend to no special knowledge of physics , and I should have greatly preferred confining myself to the domain of Biology , my own proper province ; but certain physical ...
... considerable experience- may be found useful to beginners . I pretend to no special knowledge of physics , and I should have greatly preferred confining myself to the domain of Biology , my own proper province ; but certain physical ...
Page 31
... considerably greater , possibly here and there nearly double that amount ; but these abysses are certainly very local , and their existence is even uncertain , and a vast por- tion of the area does not reach a depth of 1,500 fathoms ...
... considerably greater , possibly here and there nearly double that amount ; but these abysses are certainly very local , and their existence is even uncertain , and a vast por- tion of the area does not reach a depth of 1,500 fathoms ...
Page 40
... considerable depths . The littoral forms had a much more distinct aspect . The mollusca of the Porcupine ' expedition have not yet been thoroughly worked out . They are in the hands of Mr. Gwyn Jeffreys , and his preliminary reports ...
... considerable depths . The littoral forms had a much more distinct aspect . The mollusca of the Porcupine ' expedition have not yet been thoroughly worked out . They are in the hands of Mr. Gwyn Jeffreys , and his preliminary reports ...
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... considerable quan- tity . Every shore is surrounded by a fringe which averages a mile in width , of olive and red sea- weed . In the middle of the Atlantic there is a marine prairie , the Sargasso sea , ' extending over three millions ...
... considerable quan- tity . Every shore is surrounded by a fringe which averages a mile in width , of olive and red sea- weed . In the middle of the Atlantic there is a marine prairie , the Sargasso sea , ' extending over three millions ...
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... considerable size is requisite , with a trained crew , such as is only to be found in the Government service . It was by the aid of such an equipment , furnished by the Swedish Government , that the researches of M. Sars were carried on ...
... considerable size is requisite , with a trained crew , such as is only to be found in the Government service . It was by the aid of such an equipment , furnished by the Swedish Government , that the researches of M. Sars were carried on ...
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