Salt Lake Herald | 1895-03-10 | Page 14 | Wonders of the Sea

WONDERS OF THE SEA The sea is estimated to contain 2250 000000 cubic miles of water The saline held in solution in sea water comprises onethirtieth of Its weight No part of the Atlantic ocean between Europe and Newfoundland exceeds 240 fathoms When the gulf stream passes out of the gulf of Mexico its temperature is about 70 decrees The Red sea takes its name from the I presence of great numbers of animal culao of that color In the water Every tiny protuberance on a branch of coral represents a living animal whIch grows from it like a plant The Banks of Newfoundland are formed by the sand earth and stones brought from the north by the icebergs I Is estimated that two years are re oulred from the gulf water to travel from Florida to the coast of Norway Sea water contains silver in consIderable consIdera-ble quantities 1 Is deposited on the copper cop-per sheeting of ships in amounts suff dent to mane its reauction profitable proftable The phosphorescence of sea water in the tropics is due to the presence of mi lions of small animals somo microscopic others size like the jellyfish of considerable se