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num ; &quot;; qua- nullo inodo comas adnrebat, sed molliter 

 circuin eas trepidabat. Atqne eertissimiim est, circa 

 equnm in itinere sudaiitcni, noctu et snda tempestate, 

 apparuisse (juandoque eornscationem quaiidain absqne 

 manifesto caloro. Atqne j)ancis abhinc aiuiis notissi- 

 niiini est, ft ]&amp;gt;r&amp;lt;&amp;gt; miraculo (jiiasi habitnm, reniialo cu- 

 jusdam pnella 1 paulo motnm aut fricatuin eoniscasse: 

 quod fortasse factuni est oh alnmen ant sales, qnibus 

 grcmialc tinctuin erat, panlo crassius ha ivntia et in- 

 erustata. et ex fricatione fracta :&amp;gt;s . Attjiie certissiniMin 

 est, saccliaruin oinne. sive conditinn (ut vocant) sive 

 simplex, inodo sit durius. in tenebris i ractuni ant cnl- 

 t(&amp;gt;llo scalptnm coi-n&amp;gt;care. SimilitiT a&amp;lt;jiia marina et 

 silsa, noctu interdnm invenitnr, remis fortiter j&amp;gt;ercussa, 

 coru&amp;lt;care. Attpie etiam in temjx statihns sjinma maris 

 fortiter a^itafa nocln comscat : ijiiam cornscationem Ilis- 

 jiani juilinonem marinnm vocant : !l . J)(. illn ilamma 

 autem, (piain antifjui naiita 1 vocabant Castorem et I ol- 

 luceni, ct modern! Focnm Sancti Krini 10 , (pialem calo- 

 rem haheat, 11011 satis (pia situm ext. 



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organic matter an- brought into 



s Apron was probably n .ntact witli tin- oxy^n of the air; 

 made of silk, ami tlu- &quot; coruscutio&quot; t ln-n ozone is produced, which oxi- 

 elcctnr - dates and destroys the vegetable 

 t is not rjint,. certain to what matter from which it sprang, and 

 Phosphorescent Li^ht&quot; ( l, ir j, lf , ,i, is p r()teSH ,l le corusca . 

 is to be attribute I. Khrenber^. t io&quot; takes place. Darwin adds 

 Darwin, and Schonbein all a^ive in a remark which illustrates the Spa- 

 rejecting the notion that it is caused ,,j s h &quot; I,,l mol , marino&quot; the Lnnys 

 by infusoria in the water; and the o f t ] K , Sea. &quot; I am inclined to con- 

 most probable conclusion is that it s ider that the phosphorescence is 

 s caused by the process of self- the result of decomposition of the 

 purification, continually K oin&amp;lt;r ,, n in organic particles, by which process 

 salt water. Ozone (a product of ( one is tempted almost to call it a 

 Phosphorus) oxidates Phosphorus, kiml of respiration) the ocean be- 

 and by so doing causes emission of comes purified, 

 light. So, probably, when the sea GO y octls Sancti Ermi. &quot; St. Mi- 

 is in motion, (and at no other time mo s fire ;&quot; an electric light. An 



