Where many states sign up, as in Latin America, treasure-hunting ventures are foundering.
很多国家签署了这份公约,如拉丁美洲的一些国家,这导致这些国家的沉船打捞公司步履维艰。
Some were condensing air into a dry tangible substance, by extracting the nitre, and letting the aqueous or fluid particles percolate; others softening marble, for pillows and pin-cushions; others petrifying the hoofs of a living horse, to preserve them from foundering.
一些人通过提取硝并让水性或流体颗粒渗透,将空气凝结成干燥的有形物质;其他软化大理石,用于枕头和针垫;其他人石化一匹活马的蹄子,以防止它们沉没。