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Show IN OCCAM'S GREATEST DEPTH3. Pressure of Water that Would Destroy De-stroy a Battleship. Moro thnn half tho surface of tho litbo Is hidden under water two miles .deupi 7,000,000 srjimro miles. Ho at a do.'ith of 18,000 feat or more. Many places havo been found live uilloa and moro In dopth. Tho creatost depth yot Bounded Is 31,200 feet, near the island is-land of Ottam. If Mount Everest, tho world's highest mountain, wore plucked pluck-ed from its 30nt and dropped Into tins spot f 3 waves would still roll 2,fi)0 fcot obovo Its' crest. Into thlB .to.ilflo abyss tho 'waters press down with n forco of moro than 10,000 pounds to tho squaro inch Tho staunchczl 3hlp over built wt ,11 bo cilpplod uri'ipr .this awful p nsttro llko an eggshell under n steam jller. A plno beam, 1C ftot long, which held oiien tho i.'.outh of n tra,ul us d In making a cast at a depth of more than 18,000 feet, wns crushed flat as if It had been passed between rollers. roll-ers. Tho body of tho initu who should ntt ipt to venture to such depths would bo comprcsred until tho flesh WC3 forced Into tho Interstices of tho bono and his trunk wns no lnrgor than a rolling pin. Still, tho body would reach tho bottom, for onthln? that will sink In n tub of water will sink to tho uttcimost depths, ot the ocean. Ktigeno Willoughby In Tho Ocean. |