Scientific Results of the Hassler Expedition

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Excerpt from Scientific Results of the Hassler Expedition: Bryozoa, No. 2, BrazilClearly, Agassiz had a grand vision for his final expedition. In a letter to Benjamin Peirce (agassiz, Agassiz lays out further goals in striking detail about what he expects to find on the expedition. He contended that by sampling at great depths, new life forms would be discovered that resembled those thought long extinct in the fossil record. Such findings, Agassiz postu lated, would be at variance with Darwin's theory of descent by natural selection in that they would document Agassiz's concept of the permanency of species. Unfortunately, dredge sampling at great depth proved difficult owing to equipment and material failure. Consequently, most samples were collected at depths less than 100 fathoms.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.