Archive image from page 743 of The depths of the ocean;. The depths of the ocean; a general account of the modern science of oceanography based largely on the scientific researches of the Norwegian steamer Michael Sars in the North Atlantic depthsofoceange00murr Year: 1912 6 '5 Floating and Organs of Floating I If organisms did not possess the c§ power of floating, thus preventing them from sinking into deep water, the ocean would become a lifeless desert, be- cause in the surface layers of the ocean live the minute plants which form the source of nourishment for all animals in the various

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Archive image from page 743 of The depths of the ocean;. The depths of the ocean; a general account of the modern science of oceanography based largely on the scientific researches of the Norwegian steamer Michael Sars in the North Atlantic depthsofoceange00murr Year: 1912 6 '5 Floating and Organs of Floating I If organisms did not possess the c§ power of floating, thus preventing them from sinking into deep water, the ocean would become a lifeless desert, be- cause in the surface layers of the ocean live the minute plants which form the source of nourishment for all animals in the various depths of the ocean. In order to understand the faculty of floating possessed by

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