References
- See Nautical Magazine December 1862 and ‘Fraser's Magazine,’ October 1863.
- It is stated by Lewy that the amount of oxygen in sea-water is somewhat greater during the day than it is at night, the reverse being the case as regards carbonic acid Bischof i 115 115
- Proc. Royal Soc. , xviii 490 – 490 .
- I may add that Mr. H. J. Carter has called attention to the rapid wasting or decay which siliceous (also calcareous) spicules of sponges undergo in his cabinet, whether mounted or unmounted, also in living specimens (see Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1873 xii 456 456 457
- Bischof thinks that “it might likewise be decomposed by the organic matter of marine animals into sulphide of calcium, which would be decomposed by the carbonic acid produced by them” (see Chemical Geology i 180 180 footnote)
- 1874 . Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society , May