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 - Page 581818Full view - About this book
| Thomas Edward Dexter - 1857 - 200 pages
...bright yellow and sometimes of a blue colour. Thus a reef rises in the form of a cauliflower, till the top has gained the level of the highest tides, above which the animalcuk has no power to advance, and the reef no lunger extends upwards. ; sJ Coral fisheries are... | |
| Jabez Hogg - 1858 - 644 pages
...sometimes of a blue colour. The growth of coral appears to cease when 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... | |
| George William Fitch - Physical geography - 1859 - 290 pages
...exposed to the washing of the tide. Thus a reef rises in the form of a gigantic eauliflower, till'its top has gained the level of the highest tides, above which the worm has no power to earry its operations, and the reef, consequently, no longer extends itself upward. The surrounding... | |
| William Chambers - 1859 - 234 pages
...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,... | |
| James Montgomery - English poetry - 1860 - 420 pages
...inches long. "The growth of coral appears to cease when tho 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... | |
| James Montgomery - English poetry - 1860 - 414 pages
...growth of coral appears to cease when the worm is no longer exposed to the washing of the sea. Tims a reef rises in the form of a cauliflower, till its...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... | |
| Thomas Milner - 1860 - 896 pages
...creates it is no longer exposed to the washing of the tide. Thus a reef rises in the form of a gigantic cauliflower, till its top has gained the level of...highest tides, above which the worm has no power to carry its operations, and the reef, consequently, no longer extends itself upwards. The surrounding... | |
| William Jordan Unwin - 1862 - 374 pages
...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... | |
| 1864 - 422 pages
...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... | |
| George William Fitch, Alphonso J. Robinson - Physical geography - 1864 - 276 pages
...longer exposed to the washing of the tide. Thus a reef rises in the form of a gigantic eauliflower, till its top has gained the level of the highest tides, above which the worm has no power to earry its operations, and the reef, consequently, no longer extends itself upward. The surrounding... | |
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