 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 - Seite 581818Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1839 - 428 Seiten
...a solid hard 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 - 1839 - 510 Seiten
...inches long. " The growth of coral appears to cease when th« worm a 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 •top, forming in time a level... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1841 - 400 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1843 - 516 Seiten
...coral appears to cease when the worm 'w no longer exposed lo the washing of the sea. Thus a reef risen 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 stop, forming in time a level field... | |
 | 1843 - 450 Seiten
...inches long. 1 he growth of coral appears to cease where 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 tide, above wl.ich the worm has no power to advance, and the reef, of course, no longer extends itself... | |
 | David Page - 1844 - 232 Seiten
...no longer exposed to the washing of the sea. Thus, a reef rises in the form 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." 302. The composition... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 850 Seiten
...longer exposed to the washing of the sea. Thus, a reef rises m the form of a cauliflower, till ita top has gained the level of the highest tides, above...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... | |
 | David Page - 1845 - 400 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | 1847 - 828 Seiten
...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... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - 1847 - 434 Seiten
...again of a blue color. The growth of the coral appears to cease when the worm is no longer washed by 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,... | |
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