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... The Quarterly Review - Página 314editado por - 1818Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Gideon Algernon Mantell - 1838 - 388 páginas
...has left the rock for some time dry, it appears to be a compact mass, exceedingly hard and rugged: but as the tide rises, and the waves begin to wash over it, the polypi protrude themselves from holes which were before invisible. These animals are of a great variety... | |
| Maria Hack - 1839 - 464 páginas
...coral-reef during the different stages of one tide, is very interesting. When the water has left the reef for some time, it becomes dry, and appears to be a...tide rises, and the waves begin to wash over it, the coral-worms protrude themselves from holes which before were invisible. These animals are of various... | |
| 1843 - 450 páginas
...does not require to be changed oftener than once a week. TEMPERANCE, SCIENCE, AND LITERATI'HE. CORAL. The examination of a coral reef, during the different stages of one title, is particularly interesting. When the tide has left it for some time it becomes dry, and appears... | |
| David Page - 1844 - 232 páginas
...has left the rock for some time dry, it appears to be a compact mass, exceedingly hard and rugged ; but as the tide rises, and the waves begin to wash over it, the polypi protrude themselves from holes which were before invisible. These animals are of a great variety... | |
| Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 850 páginas
...procese differs from that followed within these limits. " The examination of a coral reef (he observes) during the different stages of one tide is particularly...appears to be a compact rock, exceedingly hard and rugged ; but as the tide rises, and the waves begin to wash over it, the coral worms protrude themselves... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1845 - 354 páginas
...observes that, during the different stages of the tide, the changes it undergoes are truly surprising. When the tide has left it for some time, it becomes...appears to be a compact rock, exceedingly hard and rugged ; but as the tide rises, and the waves begin to wash over it, the coral worms protrude themselves... | |
| 1847 - 828 páginas
...however, if God rmit, shall be again treated of and explained. Return we now to ir subject. CORAL REEFS. THE examination of a coral reef during the different stages of one de is particularly interesting. When the tide has left it for some me, it becomes dry, and appears... | |
| Mary Fawler Maude - 1848 - 412 páginas
...habitation for minute animals, made by the animals themselves. " The examination of a coral-reef (or rock) during the different stages of one tide is particularly...appears to be a compact rock, exceedingly hard and rugged; but, as the tide rises, and the waves begin to wash over it, the coral-worms protrude themselves... | |
| Thomas Milner - 1848 - 892 páginas
...around Loo Choo, where the zoophytes belonging to the genera Astrea are most common, who remarks : " The examination of a coral reef, during the different...of one tide, is particularly interesting. When the sea has left it for some time, it becomes dry, and appears to be a compact rock, exceedingly hard and... | |
| Philip Henry Gosse - 1849 - 396 páginas
...recorded some pleasing observations on this singular formation, in his voyage to Loo-Choo. He says, " The examination of a coral reef during the different...of one tide, is particularly interesting. When the sea has left it for some time it becomes dry, and appears to be a compact rock, exceedingly hard and... | |
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