 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
 | 1828 - Страниц: 472
...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 field... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1829 - Страниц: 520
...apj»e.ir$ to eta« wl*n Ü* worm is no longer exposed to the washing of the sea. Thus a reef rises in ilie form of a cauliflower, till its top has gained the...advance, and the reef of course no longer extends itself upwards. The other parís in succession reach the surface, and there slop, forming in time a level... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1830 - Страниц: 516
...worm is no longer exposed lo the washing of the sea. Thus a reef rises in ihe form of a caulitluwcr, till its top has gained the level of the highest tides, above which the worm has no power tu advance, and the reef of course no longer extends itself upwards. The other parte in succession... | |
 | 1834 - Страниц: 578
...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... | |
 | Ireland commissioners of nat. educ - 1835 - Страниц: 398
...inches long. The growth of the 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... | |
 | 1836 - Страниц: 424
...inches long. The growth of the 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... | |
 | 1836 - Страниц: 514
...when the 88 THE PELICAN ISLAND. worm is no longer exposed to the washing of the sea. Thus a reef rues in the form of a cauliflower, till its top has gained...advance, and the reef of course no longer extends itself upwards. The other parts in succession reach the surface, and there •top, forming in lime a level... | |
 | William Martin - 1838 - Страниц: 368
...long. " The growth of the 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... | |
 | Gideon Algernon Mantell - 1838 - Страниц: 372
...blue colour. 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 the top has gained the level of the highest tides, above which the animalcules have no power to advance,... | |
 | Gideon Algernon Mantell - 1838 - Страниц: 388
...longer exposed to the washing of the sea. Thus a reef rises in the form of a cauliflower, till the top has gained the level of the highest tides, above which the animalcules have no power to advance, and the reef of course no longer extends upwards." 29. CORAL... | |
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