| Show THE DEPTHS OF THE OCEAN some interesting facts regarding recently acquired knowledge of the hot bot torn tom of oc the irta a were given jn a lecture on cables delivered in paris by BI J lindell th e of tha colonist colonial walon union ink ing extracts extract are roads made by clel ok etterre terre 41 the 10 lo knowledge A i I 1 edge ot the 1 I 1 of the sea eca la Is a a comp comparatively amatively arat Ively new science the thai on lite hie nature and of 0 afie oceans bottom having been obtained through the cho progress ot of submarine telegraphy before tills this navigators confined their offal efforts ts to tile the discovery of tile hie boundaries of the surface and nothing seemed lest important to those theme mho n ho sailed pulled over lit it than the fact that the abyss beneath WAS WM to te reel feet deep little attention was given to tire the depths of tile tho sea until the day when tile the first essays toward submarine telegraphy gave the immediate intern interest at of utility to this new study up to that time soundings had scarcely arcely Bc been made anywhere except on coasts sir in the mouths of rivers and in harbors the depth might be so 90 blight na its to thron threaten ten the safety of vessels submarine telegram phy came to demand as exact knowl COT as possible of 0 the poa sea bot bottom torn with althis all its variations soundings were extended ond and the me means ansOf of investigating great depths were studied A large larco number ot of deep sea soun soundings clings have lave now been mado by the french arid and american navies principally by ints the tic english in view of telegraphic pro joels they do not yet enable us ua to draw a mip mar ot of the sea bottom as me e make a chart of un an explored aglon but they give an idea of the broad lines of configuration of tile the submarine surface of the earth thus thug the lite madi mediterranean terra noan Is now quite well known and INC c are almost eel cei tain lain that it non here more MOM than feet deep jn in the atlantic there have rarely been found depths gi 91 eater cater than or less than CON fet feet except near the coasts ono one more important result of these studies li 14 tho the indication that tile the sea bottom in deep places place it 1 Is except in certain re reir gons lans remarkably regulars regular in ili the tha north atlantic which hleb has hitherto been best explored ill aluir slopes elopes oro are so BO rc ref fular illar aal go antle title that hurley assert L ell cd that ho be might travel by ent entrialgo riago from tho the coast of ireland to newfoundland if tile tho ocean dried up P F from am ireland there la is a regular icilee incline out to about ISO miles from tho the coast arid and this could easily be deacon ded thence extends for a distance of 1300 1200 miles a central plateau that hits has fe few w irregularities of surface surf itee the surfnee surface of this plateau Is to feet below tile the so soa a level and although mont diane blanc could bo be submerged there it woul would d be easy enough to travel or over r tills thia surface which blob Is more love than li lan any terrestrial re plain at tile the ond end 0 of f this plateau to a be begins 1 I au upward ate elope pe miles 10 conff ng a and d except tor for on one 0 point chere herc probably on an extra horse would bo be re the carriage carrl aice would mould easily canally reach newfoundland another interesting fact la Is that tile deep sea bottom bvm everywhere where appears tra to bo be in tile bamo condition a layer of soft slime smooth t to a ill the e touch formed of 0 a mas sot of microscopic shells thesis this Is found in almost sll ail oceans ocean a even in the pacific tho the only difference being belnay slight variations of color translated loi for tho the literary digest |
