 | 1814 - 644 pàgines
...generally, if not always, the highest part, and rises almost perpendicular, sometimes from the depth of Itco hundred (and perhaps many more) fathoms. To be constantly...with water seems necessary to the existence of the unimalcula', for they do not work, except in holes upon the reef, beyond low water mark ; but the coral,... | |
 | Georges baron Cuvier, Robert Jameson - 1817 - 394 pàgines
...existence 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 - 788 pàgines
...generally, if not always, the highest part, and rises almost perpendicular, sometimes from the depth of 200, and perhaps many more fathoms. To be constantly covered...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,... | |
 | George Miller - 1826 - 864 pàgines
...generally, if not always the higtest part, and rises almost perpendicular, sometimes from the depth of 2OO, and perhaps many more fathoms. To be constantly covered...existence of the animalcules, for they do not work, except iu holes upon, the reef, beyond low-water mark; but vhe coral, sand, and other broken remnants thrown... | |
 | Georges baron Cuvier - 1827 - 608 pàgines
...existence 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,... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1828 - 590 pàgines
...generally, if not always, the highest part, rising almost perpendicularly, sometimes from the depth of two hundred, and perhaps many more, fathoms. ' " To be...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,... | |
 | Granville Penn - 1828 - 510 pàgines
...generally, if not always, the highest part, rising almost perpendicularly, sometimes from the depth of two hundred, and perhaps many more, fathoms. " To be constantly...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... | |
 | H. J. Lloyd - 1828 - 80 pàgines
...is generally, if not always, the highest part, and rises almost perpendicular from the depth of many fathoms. To be constantly covered with water seems...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... | |
 | Gill's scientific, technological and microscopic repository - 1829 - 416 pàgines
...generally, if not always, the highest part, and rises almost perpendicular, sometimes from the depth of two hundred, and perhaps, many more fathoms. " To be constantly...beyond low water mark ; but the coral sand, and other remnants thrown up by the sea, adhere to the rock, and form a solid mass with it, as high as the common... | |
 | 1829 - 436 pàgines
...generally, if not always, the highest part, and rises almost perpendicular, sometimes from the depth of two hundred, and perhaps, many more fathoms. " To be constantly...beyond low water mark ; but the coral sand, and other remnants thrown up by the sea, adhere to the rock, and form a solid mass with it, as high as the common... | |
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... mark ; but the coral sand and other broken remnants thrown up by the sea, adhere 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... 
