Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-08-30

andor Agassiz. lie came at the nyi-
taiiun of President Lowell,
The ishcrman-baronct ls learned In
the way of the ocean depths, having
been a member of the famous Chal-
lenger expedition sent out by the Brit
ish government and having supervis-
ed later the publication of It's dis
cOvories lfN volumes which have ap-
pearod
There have been great improve
monts In thermometers water bottles,
nets and an the implements of the
deep sea naturalist, In the past ten
years" said Sir John, as he began to
tell of theh Npresent expedition 81
have been anxious to do some more
experimental work for some time, and
when the opportunity came ! gladly
availed myself Of It, You must know
that recently the Norwcgians have
been the most active nation In the
work OF deep sea exploration, and this
year they nave had a specially built
steamship, the Michael Sars, oporat-
ing of their own coast knowing of
this, ] offered 10 take the vessel for
four months and pay All the expenses
for that period II they would lend her
To me. This they agreed 10 dd. and
We have been hard nt II since April
1--WE first did some work In the Bay
of Riscav and I'm the Straits of Gibroi-
tar In the straits there are two cur
rents, the upper Of which flows from
the Atlantic Ocean ,nto tbo MndIter-
ranenn sen while the lower takes o> -
actlv the opposita dlroctInn These
we measured far vclnritv densitv aud
So an and we mad. some rather in
tcrestlnp discoveries portlcnlorlv one
that the lower ar outflnwInp cnrrent
noured out I'm densn 0ow into mo
Atlantic nt a rate Of Ave knots an hnur
I'm some nlnces The denths M which
the two currents mas ench other vnrv
from Hfty Ia one hundred fotboms
occordinp IN the tide
"Int.resting evnerlmante IN dotor-
mine the degree of llpht In tbo oceon
were made in tha snrgasso sea uere
,ye axnosed nh,tnpranblc ni,tes a, yo-
rious denths ana ronnd thot nj three
hundred fathoms the effect of IIpht
Nos clearly morltad. al nvo h,ndrod
fothoms II was discornib,o INT M nlno
hundrnd rathoma no-effoc, couId he
discovered or course tho vnrIous col
ors of tbe snactrum ,nenetroto "a nm
eoual denths. the vIaIat rovs nrohohIv
reach tha greot donths n milo or tuvo
an 0shing FOR nolapIc nlonte we
usod clnsing nats or Tho nnost sill,
goule but monv' of thc nlonts were on
tinv os Ia 90 rigbt through mis- ma +
terIaI ana we did mot and them mill
we had recourse to rcu, nr,cose
Snecimens or woter from whotoyor
dentb we decirod wore brouph, nm ana
euhiected to centrifugol notion in a
centrlfupe. All tho tinv organism !
lmnediaielv wont to tbc hotton, rbo
Jrsos no n uare wore nnt IN stiII
small centrlfure and tbe nrocess ro-
nen,od In mis- manner we wore ohio
"a nhtain tho tniest forms ana wo
c,rnd No, ,hoy ohounIaJ IN o,,or,,
iItra or ,yater down IN Gftc r,thon,s
unIo,y maj ,hev ,vare scarcer
",rbeso n,innto misrosc,nic nton,s
ar corcolithonhori1ao 40 thev ara coil
cd food nn other orgonisme mona the
loss. off NawfoundIand thev food an
mo tinv hrovn fIagollae
"rho fish that como from the great
dentbs ara necullnr lookinr creotures
I'm the rIrst nIare mo-, nre OH hiack
and tbev arc very fierce lacking Whv
several times we caupht somo witch
mad ns II were crawlod nround their
nrev In order IA eat II inst ne hoa
ronstrictor would craUl around n MIA
nr rawn IA swallow II ana hoa inns
succoedrd I'm eating flsh larger Than
Themselves The laws of deem sea
fishes nre espocialiy adapted To- This
kInd Of feeding. and tbov are eouipped
with a tremendous array Of tagged and
irrapulor tenth In tbeir element n
thonsond fathoms down tbev must he
terrifying animals of prev
when thov reach tho surface they
are always dead. except some that
como from comparotiyelv shallov,
water These occasIonolly struggle for
n moment ON their hacks In most
cosas thev have blown rn ma Won
might snv. their owes ore hlown rar
ont of thoir Sockets and tbev ara
greatly sweIlad This strange an
pearancn ls caused bv tho sudden re-
lief from the enormous uressire OF
Tho deens which amounts Ia ohout a
Ton 10 the souare inch FOR ooch thous.
and fathoms
oddly enoupb those oreanisns
that live under nressuro o fthree tons
Ia tbe souare inch sorn. NJ tbor bovo
NOT "A henvv b5nv structure In very
cola wotnr tbara ia comnorativeIv Ilyht
formation of carbonnte OF lime and
the bones Of the fish have. therefore.