and even described the way they were done up in bundles.

还说了报纸捆扎的情况。

Yet a great many processes depending on such research are sought for with complete secrecy until the stage at which patents can be taken out.

然而，依赖这种研究的很多工艺程序是在完全保密的情况下进行的，直到可以取得专利权的阶段为止。

It is animals and plants which lived in or near water whose remains are most likely to be preserved,

只有生活在水中或水边的动植物尸体最有可能被保存下来，

Apparently what happened was that water collected on these tar pits, and the bigger animals like the elephants ventured out on to the apparently firm surface to drink, and were promptly bogged in the tar.

沥青坑里积存了水，大象那样的大动物冒险到似乎坚固的水面上去饮水，立即掉进了沥青坑。

and he had seen there evidence enough to overthrow Aristotle and Ptolemy together.

观察到的论据足以把亚里士多德和托勒密一起推翻。

Alcohol may be a medical disinfectant, but should not be relied upon to sterilize water.

酒精可能是医学上的消毒剂，但决不可用来消毒饮用水。