 The growth of coral appears to cease when the worm is no longer exposed to the washing of the sea. Thus a reef rises in the form of a cauliflower, till its top has gained the level of the highest tides, above which the worm has no power to advance, and...  La Belle Assemblée - Стр. 581818Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | 1821 - Страниц: 720
...inches fong. " The growth of coral appears to cease when the worm is no longer exposed to the washing of the sea. Thus, a reef rises in the form of a cauliflower,...its top has gained the level of the highest tides, above1 which the worm has no power to advance, and the reef of course no longer extends itself upwards.... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1821 - Страниц: 730
...inches long. " The growth of coral appears to cease when the worm is no longer exposed to the washing of the sea. Thus, a reef rises in the form of a cauliflower, till itb top has gained the level of the highest tides, above which the worm has no power to advance, and... | |
 | Luís de Camões - 1826 - Страниц: 628
...of coral appears to cease when the worm is no longer exposed to the washing of the sea. Accordingly, a reef rises in the form of a cauliflower, till its...and the reef, of course, no longer extends itself upwards. The other parts, in succession, reach the surface, and there stop ; forming, in time, a level... | |
 | Luís de Camões - 1826 - Страниц: 620
...of coral appears to cease when the worm is no longer exposed to the washing of the sea. Accordingly, a reef rises in the form of a cauliflower, till its...which the worm has no power to advance, and the reef, 440 NOTES. CANTO II. of course, no longer extends itself upwards. The other parts. in succession, reach... | |
 | Basil Hall - 1826 - Страниц: 392
...creates it is no longer exposed to the washing of the tide. Thus a reef rises in the form of a gigantic cauliflower, till its top has gained the level of...highest tides, above which the worm has no power to carry its operations, and the reef, consequently, no longer extends itself upwards. The surrounding... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1827 - Страниц: 296
...inches long. " The growth of coral appears to cease when the worm is no longer exposed to the washing of the sea. Thus a reef rises in the form of a cauliflower,...advance, and the reef of course no longer extends itself upwards. The other parts in succession reach the surface, and there stop, forming in time a level field... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1827 - Страниц: 198
...inches long. " The growth of coral appears to cease when the worm is no longer exposed to the washing of the sea. Thus a reef rises in the form of a cauliflower,...of the highest tides, above which the worm has no vii power to advance, and the reef of course no longer extends itself upwards. The other parts in succession... | |
 | Basil Hall - 1827 - Страниц: 360
...creates it is no longer exposed to the washing of the tide. Thus a reef rises in the form of a gigantic cauliflower, till its top has gained the level of...highest tides, above which the worm has no power to cany its operations, and the reef, consequently, no longer extends itself upwards. The surrounding... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1821 - Страниц: 726
...inches long. " The growth of coral appears to cease when the worm is no longer exposed to the washing of the sea. Thus, a reef rises in the form of a cauliflower,...advance, and the reef of course no longer extends itself upwards. The other parts in succession reach the surface, and there stop, forming in time a level field,... | |
 | H. J. Lloyd - 1828 - Страниц: 80
...inches long. " The growth of coral appears to cease when the worm is no longer exposed to the washing of the sea. Thus, a reef rises in the form of a cauliflower,...and the reef, of course, no longer extends itself upwards. The other parts, in succession, reach the surface, and there stop, forming, in time, a level... | |
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