 ... consolidated by the percolation of rainwater. When the wood had decayed, lime was washed into the cylindrical cavities, and became hard, sometimes even like that in a stalactite. The weather is now wearing away the softer rock, and in consequence...  Discoveries in Australia - עמוד 59מאת John Lort Stokes - 1846תצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | 1840 - 458 דפים
...land shells, are enclosed ; the mass being afterwards consolidated by the percolation of rain-water. When the wood had decayed, lime was washed into the cylindrical cavities, and became hard. The weather is now wearing away the softer rock, and in consequence the casts of roots and branches... | |
 | William Dean Howells - 1984 - 508 דפים
...and land-shells were enclosed; the mass being afterward consolidated by the percolation of rainwater. When the wood had decayed, lime was washed into the...them, we were sometimes at a loss to know which were composed of wood, and which of calcareous matter. A large tribe of natives, called the White Cockatoo... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1989 - 452 דפים
...and land-shells were enclosed; the mass being afterward consolidated by the percolation of rainwater. When the wood had decayed, lime was washed into the...The weather is now wearing away the softer rock, and Feb. 1836 AUSTRALIA 331 in consequence the casts of roots and branches project above the surface: their... | |
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