The Wilderness and Its Tenants, Vol. 3 of 3
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Excerpt from The Wilderness and Its Tenants, Vol. 3 of 3: A Series of Geographical and Other Essays, Illustrative of Life in a Wild Country Together With Experiences and Observations, Culled From the Great Book of Nature in Many Lands From whence do the Waters of the Ocean proceed? The Great Atmospheric Ocean. Its Billows and Storms. Chemical Affinity between Air and Water. Chemical Characters of Water. Chemical Transformations of Matter. The Waters of the Ocean precipitated from the Atmosphere. The Conversion of Vapour into Water. The Conversion of Water into Vapour. The Water-bearing Capacity of the Winds. Atmospheric Vapour on High Mountains. Water and Electrical Phenomena. The Area of Water upon the Globe. The Ocean one Continuous Liquid Expanse. Geological Changes in the Ancient Sea. Unchangeable Nature of the Ocean in General. The Great Deeps. Area and Depth of the Abyssal Region. Result of Deep Sea Soundings. Greatest Recorded Depths. Life at Great Depths. No Depth Limit to Life in the Ocean. Deep Sea Fish. Results obtained by Dredging on Board H.M.S. Challenger. Reasonings from Analogy point to the Existence of Fish everywhere throughout the Ocean. No Absolutely Barren Regions in Nature. Conditions of Life at Great Depths. The Eyes of Deep Sea Fish. Their Phosphorescence. Fish brought up from Great Depths always Dead. The Pressure of Water at 2500 Fathoms. Effects of Pressure on the Wood of Trawl Beams. Temperature of the Abyssal Depths. Temperatures fall with the Depth. The Freezing-point of Sea Water. Ocean Circulation of Water caused by Variations of Temperature. Evaporation. Oceanic Currents. The Sun´s Heat the Cause of every Motion. The Astronomer Herschel upon Heat as a Mode of Motion. Professor Tyndall on the Same. The Problem of a General Oceanic Circulation of Water. The Gulf Stream. Gigantic Proportions of "Ocean Rivers." Lieutenant Maury, U.S.N., on the Gulf Stream. The Tremendous Power of Running Water. The Still Cushion of Water on the Ocean Floor. The Harvests of the Sea : Lieutenant Maury upon. Nature of the Bottom in the great Deeps. Globigerina Ooze. Its Composition. Minute Shells at Enormous Depths. Lieutenant Maury on the Perfect Repose of Water on the Ocean Floor. The Building up of the Earth. The Formation of White Chalk. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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