 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1817 - 348 דפים
...after being immersed in boiling water. Corals are shells produced by an insect within them ; and they grow in such quantities, and to such heights in some...the Pacific Ocean, were thus raised by corals from th« depth of that sea. Ships have often been lost on coral -rocks. Ohs. 1. — The wisdom of BEES,... | |
 | Levi Washburn Leonard - 1827 - 398 דפים
...but the habitations of infinite numbers of these little animals, and are produced by their labour. Corals grow in such quantities, and to such heights in some seas, as to create islands. The Friendly Islands, in the Pacific Ocean, were thus raised by corals from the depth of that sea.... | |
 | Levi Washburn Leonard - 1830 - 350 דפים
...but the habitations of infinite numbers of these little animals, and are produced by their labour. Corals grow in such quantities, and to such heights in some seas, as to create islands. The Friendly Islands, in the Pacific Ocean, were thus raised by corals from the depth of that sea.... | |
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The Friendly Islands, in the Pacific Ocean, were thus raised by corals from the depth of that sea. Ships have often been lost by striking on coral-rocks. 