 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...  Outlines of Physical Geography - Página 8por George William Fitch - 1867 - 112 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Walter Scott - 1821 - 726 páginas
...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...highest tides, above which the worm has no power to advance, and the reef of course no longer extends itself upwards. The other parts in succession reach... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1829 - 520 páginas
...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 level of...highest tides, above which the worm has no power to advance, and the reef of course no longer extends itself upwards. The other parís in succession reach... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1830 - 516 páginas
...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 - 578 páginas
...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...highest tides, above which the worm has no power to advance, and the reef, of course, no longer extends itself upwards. The other parts, in succession,... | |
 | Ireland commissioners of nat. educ - 1835 - 398 páginas
...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...highest tides, above which the worm has no power to advance, and the reef, of course, no longer extends itself upwards. The other parts, in succession,... | |
 | 1836 - 424 páginas
...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...highest tides, above which the worm has no power to advance, and the reef, of course, no longer extends itself upwards. The other parts, in succession,... | |
 | 1836 - 514 páginas
...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 the level of...highest tides, above which the worm has no power to advance, and the reef of course no longer extends itself upwards. The other parts in succession reach... | |
 | William Martin - 1838 - 368 páginas
...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...highest tides, above which the worm has no power to advance, and the reef, of course, no longer extends itself upwards. The other parts, in succession,... | |
 | Gideon Algernon Mantell - 1838 - 388 páginas
...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... | |
 | 1839 - 428 páginas
...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 the reef, of course, no longer extends itself upwards. The other parts in succession reach... | |
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