 we have examples of the compatibility of even the heat of boiling water with the preservation of animal life. Thus in a hot spring at Manilla, which raises the thermometer to 187°, and in another in Barbary, whose usual temperature is 172°, fishes have...  Animal Physiology - Page 13by William Benjamin Carpenter - 1859 - 604 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - 1838 - 530 pages
...other species have been found existing at a temperature of 172°. Humboldt also mentions seeing fishes thrown up in very hot water from the crater of a volcano,...condition, was apparently their natural residence. Various fresh water Mollusca are found in thermal springs, the heat of which is from 100° to 145°... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - 1843 - 610 pages
...hot springs of various parts of the world, we have examples of the compatibility of even the heat of boiling water with the preservation of animal life....spring at Manilla, which raises the thermometer to I87°, and in another in Barbary, whose usual temperature is 1 72°, fishes have been seen to flourish.... | |
 | Sir James Emerson Tennent - 1860 - 698 pages
...same high temperature. — Juurn. Atiatic Sue. St-ni/. vol. vi. p. 4(35. Fishes have been observed in a hot spring at Manilla which raises the thermometer to 187°, and in another in Barbarv, the usual temperature of which is 172°; and Huinboldt and Bonplaud, when travelling in South... | |
 | 1871 - 812 pages
...various parts of the world. Carpenter says "we have examples of the compatibility of even the heat of boiling water with the preservation of animal life....condition, was apparently their natural residence." Various confervas and animalculse are known to occur in similar situations, and indeed, were noticed... | |
 | 1871 - 804 pages
...various parts of the world. Carpenter says "we have examples of the compatibility of even the heat of boiling water with the preservation of animal life....condition, was apparently their natural residence." Various confervas and animalculre are known to occur in similar situations, and indeed, were noticed... | |
 | 1871 - 806 pages
...various parts of the world. Carpenter says "we have examples of the compatibility of even the heat of boiling water with the preservation of animal life....which raises the thermometer to 187°, and in another iu Barbary, x whose usual temperature is 172°, fishes have been seen to flourish. Fishes have been... | |
 | Joseph Hands - 1879 - 572 pages
...thermal waters of Barbary at 172°. Humboldt relates that he saw fishes thrown up in the very hot water of a volcano, which, from their lively condition, was apparently their natural residence. Various fresh water mollusca are found in thermal springs, the heat of which is from K'9° to 145°.... | |
 | Edward Balfour - 1885 - 1142 pages
...carnivorous genus, they must have found prey living in the same high temperature. Fishes have been observed in a hot spring at Manilla, which raises the thermometer to 187°, and in another in Barbary, the usual temperature of which is 172° ; and Humboldt and Bonplami, when travelling in South America,... | |
 | Edward Balfour - 1885 - 1140 pages
...carnivorous genus, they must have found prey living in the same high temperature. Fishes have been observed in a hot spring at Manilla, which raises the thermometer to 187°, and in another in Barbary, the usual temperature of which is 172° ; and Humboldt and Bonpland, when travelling in South America,... | |
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