 ... high as the common tides reach. That elevation surpassed, the future remnants, being rarely covered, lose their adhesive property ; and, remaining in a loose state, form what is usually called a key upon the top of the reef. The new bank is not long...  A Theory of the Universe - Página 481868 - 91 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1814 - 644 páginas
...except in holes upon the reef, beyond low water mark ; but the coral, sand, and oilier broken remnajits thrown up by the sea, adhere to the rock, and form...solid mass with it, as high as the common tides reach. That elevation surpassed, the future remnants, being rarely covered, lose their adhesive property ;... | |
 | Georges baron Cuvier, Robert Jameson - 1817 - 394 páginas
...of the animalcules, for they do not work, except in holes upon the reef, beyond low-water mark ; but the coral sand and other broken remnants thrown up by the sea, adhere to the rock, and form n solid mass with it, as high- as the common tides reach. That elevation surpassed, the future remnants,... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1821 - 768 páginas
...of the animalcules, for they do not work, except in holes upon the reef, beyond low-water mark ; but the coral sand and other broken remnants thrown up...solid mass with it, as high as the common tides reach. That elevation surpassed, the future remnants, being rarely covered, lose their adhesive property;... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1821 - 788 páginas
...of the animalcules, for they do not work, except in holes upon the reef, beyond low-water mark; but the coral sand and other broken remnants thrown up...sea adhere to the rock, and form a solid mass with ;t, as high as the common tides reach. That elevation surpassed, the future remnants, being rarely... | |
 | George Miller - 1826 - 864 páginas
...beyond low-water mark; but vhe coral, sand, and other broken remnants thrown up by the sea, tihere to the rock, and form a solid mass with it, as high as the common tides reach. That elevation surpassed, the future remnants, being rarely covered, lose their adhesive properly ;... | |
 | Georges baron Cuvier - 1827 - 608 páginas
...of the animalcules, for they do not work, except in holes upon the reef, beyond low-water mark ; but the coral, sand, and other broken remnants thrown up by the sea, adhere to t he rock, and form -a solid mass with it, as high as the common tides reach. That elevation surpassed,... | |
 | H. J. Lloyd - 1828 - 80 páginas
...of the animalcules, for they do not work, except in holes upon the reef, beyond low-water mark ; but the coral, sand, and other broken remnants thrown...solid mass with it, as high as the common tides reach. That elevation surpassed, the future remnants, being rarely covered, lose their adhesive property ;... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1828 - 590 páginas
...of the animalcules, for they do not work, except in holes upon the reef, beyond low-water mark: but the coral sand, and other broken remnants thrown up...and form a solid mass with it, as high as the common tide reaches. That elevation surpassed, the future ones, being scarcely covered, lose their adhesive... | |
 | Granville Penn - 1828 - 510 páginas
...of the animalcules, for they do not work, except in holes upon the reef, beyond low-water mark ; but the coral sand, and other broken remnants thrown up...and form a solid mass with it, as high as the common tide reaches. That elevation surpassed, the future ones, being scarcely covered, lose their adhesive... | |
 | 1829 - 436 páginas
...they do not work, except in holes upon the reef, beyond low water mark ; but the coral sand, and other remnants thrown up by the sea, adhere to the rock,...solid mass with it, as high as the common tides reach. That elevation surpassed, the future remnants, being rarely covered, lose their adhesive property ;... | |
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