 | Natural history - 1892 - 660 pages
...depths. We mnst conclude from these facts that all the animals living in these depths and subject to these conditions must have their tissues so constituted...the free permeation of the water through every part of their bodies to equalize the pressure. How such a condition is possible without putting an end to... | |
 | United States National Museum - Amphibians - 1890 - 754 pages
...pressure in steam boilers is probably much less than 100 pounds to the square inch, it may help towards an appreciation of the abyssal conditions, The inevitable...perhaps, the greatest mystery of abyssal life. How can a largo egg, like those of various deep-sea animals, pass through the stages of segmentation and development,... | |
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... an appreciation of the abyssal conditions. The inevitable conclusion is, therefore, that all the animals living under these conditions must have their tissues so constituted as to permit the free permeation of the water through every part in order... 