 | Ireland commissioners of nat. educ - 1835 - 398 דפים
...holes upon the reef, beyond low- water mark ; but the coral, sand, and other broken remnants thrown np by the sea, adhere to the rock, and form a solid mass...remnants, being rarely covered, lose their adhesive property, and remaining in a loose state, form what is usually called a Key, upon the top of the reef.... | |
 | 1836 - 424 דפים
...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...remnants, being rarely covered, lose their adhesive property, and remaining in a loose state, form what is usually called a Key, upon the top of the reef.... | |
 | 1836 - 566 דפים
...water-mark : but the coral sand, and other broken • Cook's Voyage, 1777, 4to. vol. ip 212. remnants thrown up by the sea, adhere to the rock, and form a solid. mass \\ith it, as high as the common tides reach. That elevation surpassed, the future remnants, being rarely... | |
 | Henry Duncan - 1836 - 434 דפים
...that the animalcules cease to work above low water-mark : " The coral sand and other broken remnants thrown up by the sea, adhere to the rock, and form...the common tides reach. That elevation surpassed, * Vol. vp 107. t De Arboribus, p. 145. the future remnants, being rarely covered, lose their adhesive... | |
 | 1815 - 560 דפים
...work, except in holes upon the reef, beyond low water mark; but the coral and other broken remnants thrown up by the sea, adhere to the rock, and form...remnants, being rarely covered, lose their adhesive property ; and remaining in a loose state, form what is usually called u key, upon the top of the reef.... | |
 | William Martin - 1838 - 368 דפים
...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...remnants, being rarely covered, lose their adhesive property, and remaining in a loose state, form what is usually called a key, upon the top of the reef.... | |
 | William Pridden - 1843 - 406 דפים
...reef, beyond low-water-mark ; but the coral and other broken remains thrown up by the sea lodge upon the rock and form a solid mass with it, as high as the common tides reach. The new bank is not long left unvisited by sea-birds ; salt-plants take root upon it, and a kind of... | |
 | 1844 - 498 דפים
...by .captain Flinders (Voy age, vol. ii. pp. 115, 116):— "The coral sand" and other broken remnants thrown up by the sea adhere to the rock, and form...solid mass with it as high as the common tides reach. This elevation surpassed, the future remnants being rarely covered lose their adhesive property, and,... | |
 | Henry Duncan - 1847 - 410 דפים
...the animalcules cease to work above low- water mark : — " The coral sand and other broken remnants thrown up by the •sea, adhere to the rock, and form...remnants, being rarely covered, lose their adhesive property ; and, remaining in a loose state, form what is usually called a key upon the tops of the... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1848 - 892 דפים
...except in holes upon the re'ef, below low-water mark ; but the coral, sand, and other broken remnants thrown up by the sea, adhere to the rock, and form...the common tides reach. That elevation surpassed, tht> future remnants, being rarely covered, lose their adhesive property, and, remaining in a loose... | |
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... high as the common tides reach. That elevation surpassed, the future remnants, being rarely covered, lose their adhesive property ; and, remaining in a loose state, form what is usually called a key upon the top of the reef. The new bank is not long... 
