Though the waters of seven seas are so vast and tho amount of oil that could be dropped by oildriven ships is comparatively so small, there is enrno danger that iu the most frequented ocean routes fish nmy suffer. Oil and water do not mix. and little chemical change trikes place in mineral oil. so 'that its deposit in the sen is cumulative. Also, it has to bo remembered that life in tho ocean begins at the surface, where the oil remains. Grown-up fish which live in the depths will not b" harmed, but the floating spawn and email fry may not escape. The pr‘ vailing idea that parachutes frequently fail to open io a fallacy. In GOO parachutes descents from observation balloons during the war, only three failures occurred.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 246, 12 July 1921, Page 6
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