Polynesia, Or, An Historical Account of the Principal Islands in the South Sea, Including New ZealandOliver & Boyd, 1842 - 440 sider |
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Side 8
... saxigenous polypes contribute to the elevation of others , is carefully estimated according to the clearest principles that science or observation has hitherto supplied . In the other branches of natural science there is still 8 PREFACE .
... saxigenous polypes contribute to the elevation of others , is carefully estimated according to the clearest principles that science or observation has hitherto supplied . In the other branches of natural science there is still 8 PREFACE .
Side 26
... observed , that although within the circular reefs there is usually nothing discernible but a lagoon , the bottom of ... observation . * It is stated by Mr Forster that the polypes raise their Lyell's Principles of Geology ( 4 vols 12mo ...
... observed , that although within the circular reefs there is usually nothing discernible but a lagoon , the bottom of ... observation . * It is stated by Mr Forster that the polypes raise their Lyell's Principles of Geology ( 4 vols 12mo ...
Side 27
... observed a con- siderable reef , over which the sea broke at all points , and no part of it was entirely under water ... Observations , p . 149-151 . sudden shock of an earthquake . Tanna and Pico belong AND SUPPOSED ORIGIN OF THEIR ...
... observed a con- siderable reef , over which the sea broke at all points , and no part of it was entirely under water ... Observations , p . 149-151 . sudden shock of an earthquake . Tanna and Pico belong AND SUPPOSED ORIGIN OF THEIR ...
Side 28
... the aragonite of the Giant's Causeway , are supposed to have been originally coral , and to owe * Forster's Observations , p . 153 . their present hardness to the action of the atmosphere , 28 PHYSICAL ASPECT OF THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS ,
... the aragonite of the Giant's Causeway , are supposed to have been originally coral , and to owe * Forster's Observations , p . 153 . their present hardness to the action of the atmosphere , 28 PHYSICAL ASPECT OF THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS ,
Side 30
... observation has not yet been sufficiently extended to afford ground for any conclusions as to the rate or the precise mode in which such additions to the crust of the earth are effected . The latest surveys , indeed , appear to warrant ...
... observation has not yet been sufficiently extended to afford ground for any conclusions as to the rate or the precise mode in which such additions to the crust of the earth are effected . The latest surveys , indeed , appear to warrant ...
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