Discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century (1905)
Routledge, Robert · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 733
it aremuch increased by its weight. In warm weather the quaiHity of oxygenretained in the water is materially diminished, and under such circum-stances the creatures would soon perish. On the other hand, in very coldweather the temperature may be so far reduced below that suited to theirhabits that… … Fig. 323.— The Lancelet {Amphioxus lanceolatus). layers of wet sea-weed contained in baskets, so that the air has access tothe moisture which covers the bodies of the animals, which is preventedfrom drying up by the humidity. As in this case the small quantity ofwater exposes a very large surface…
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