 | Royal Dublin Society - Learned institutions and societies - 1887 - 708 pages
...manifest by changes in the quantities of contained gases much more accurately, and with much more t-hances of sound comparison, variations in the volume of the...remark that the quantity of gases contained in the r>cean and other waters must be in intimate relation with their organic life, and that, consequently,... | |
 | Royal Dublin Society - Learned institutions and societies - 1887 - 738 pages
...volume of the atmosphere to be actually doubled by volcanic emission at a given moment, it does not at all follow that the barometer would show that increase...fossils in certain formations must bear some relation to the quantity and nature of the gases contained in the sea in which they were deposited, and these gases... | |
 | Royal Dublin Society - Learned institutions and societies - 1887 - 720 pages
...manifest by changes in the quantities of contained gases much more accurately, and with much more uhances of sound comparison, variations in the volume of the...fossils in certain formations must bear some relation to the quantity and nature of the gases contained in the sea in which they were deposited, and these gases... | |
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... account must be taken of the porosity of the surface rocks and soil, and of the ocean, which can absorb and retain quantities of gases, variable relatively to temperature and pressure. Thus supposing the volume of the atmosphere to be actually doubled... 