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The Ocean World describes the sea and its living inhabitants, with a preface proposing a brief record of the ocean's natural history. The discussion of sea water explains that dissolved salts increase its density and make the water more fitted to float ships. The account of marine life says animals form their solid coverings, shells or carapaces from carbonate of lime and silica.
The description of ambulacra distinguishes an internal, generally vesicular part from an external tubular part that passes through the skin or shell and ends in a sucker. The account of halibut fishing says Greenlanders usually replace hempen cords with whalebone thongs or narrow bands of shark's skin.
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- Author
- Louis Figuier
- Reading time
- About 15 hours
- Pages
- 524
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Popular Science
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