 The examination of a coral reef, during the different stages of one tide, is particularly interesting. When the tide has left it for some time, it becomes dry, and appears to be a compact rock, exceedingly hard and...  La Belle Assemblée - Página 581818Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1887 - 886 páginas
...Captain Basil Hall, during the different stages of one tide, is particularly interesting. When the sea has left it for some time, it becomes dry, and appears...be a compact rock, exceedingly hard and ragged; but no sooner does the tide rise again, and the waves begin to wash over it, than millions of coral worms... | |
 | John Heyl Vincent, Jesse Lyman Hurlbut, John Thomas McFarland - 1893 - 430 páginas
...himself and to his God. 130. Every life is planned by God. Vers. 5, 7. When the sea has left a coral reef for some time it becomes dry, and appears to be a compact rock, exceedingly hard and rugged ; but no sooner does the tide rise again, and the waves begin to wash over it, than millions... | |
 | 1879 - 524 páginas
...recorded some pleasing observations on this singular formation, in hU voyage to LooChoo. He says— 'The examination of a coral reef during the different stages of one tide, U particularly interesting. When the sea has left it for some time, it becomes dry. and appears to... | |
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