 Very erroneous ideas prevail, respecting the appearance of a bed or area of growing corals. The submerged reef is often thought of as an extended mass of coral, alive uniformly over its upper surface, and, by this living growth, gradually enlarging upward...  Corals and Coral Islands - Page 218by James Dwight Dana - 1872 - 398 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Science - 1851 - 510 pages
...determined the features and geographical distribution of reefs and islands. 1. Formation of Reefs. Very erroneous ideas prevail, respecting the appearance...coral, alive uniformly over its upper surface, and, by this living growth, gradually enlarging upward : and such preconceived views, when ascertained to... | |
 | Science - 1852 - 422 pages
...determined the features and geographical distribution of reefs and islands. 1. Formation of Reefs. Very erroneous ideas prevail respecting the appearance...coral, alive uniformly over its upper surface, and, by this living growth, gradually enlarging upward ; and such preconceived views, when ascertained to... | |
 | Science - 1852 - 386 pages
...determined the features and geographical distribution of reefs and islands. 1. Formation of Reefs. Very erroneous ideas prevail respecting the appearance...coral, alive uniformly over its upper surface, and, by this living growth, gradually enlarging upward ; and such preconceived views, when ascertained to... | |
 | James Dwight Dana - Coral reefs and islands - 1853 - 152 pages
...determined the features and geographical distribution of reefs and islands. 1. Formation of Reefs. Very erroneous ideas prevail, respecting the appearance...coral, alive uniformly over its upper surface, and, by this living growth, gradually enlarging upward : and such preconceived views, when ascertained to... | |
 | Literature - 1872 - 818 pages
...erroneous ideas respecting the appearance of coral-beds. The submerged reef is not, as often thought, an extended mass of coral, alive uniformly over its upper surface, and gradually enlarging upward through this living growth. " Coral plantation and coral field are far more... | |
 | Charles Marion Tyler - Ethnology - 1885 - 392 pages
...beach, the massy foliage of the grove, and the embosomed lake with its tiny islets. =•: •-;= * Very erroneous ideas prevail respecting the appearance...coral, alive uniformly over its upper surface, and by this living growth gradually enlarging upward ; and such preconceived views when ascertained to... | |
 | Charles Marion Tyler - Ethnology - 1885 - 396 pages
...coral, alive uniformly over its upper surface, and by this living growth gradually enlarging upward ; and such preconceived views when ascertained to be...have sometimes led to skepticism with regard to the zoophyte origin of the reef rock. Nothing is wider from the truth, and this must have been inferred... | |
 | Charles Marion Tyler - Oceania - 1887 - 392 pages
...white coral beach, the massy foliage of the grove, and the embosomed lake with its tiny islets. * * =;: Very erroneous ideas prevail respecting the appearance...coral, alive uniformly over its upper surface, and by this living growth gradually enlarging upward ; and such preconceived views when ascertained to... | |
 | Charles Marion Tyler - Oceania - 1892 - 426 pages
...white coral beach, the massy foliage of the grove, and the embosomed lake with its tiny islets. * * * . Very erroneous ideas prevail respecting the appearance...coral, alive uniformly over its upper surface, and by this living growth gradually enlarging upward ; and such preconceived views when ascertained to... | |
 | Daniel Coit Gilman - Science - 1899 - 456 pages
...paragraphs show the views of Professor Dana in respect to the origin of coral sands and the reef rock: " Very erroneous ideas prevail respecting the appearance...be erroneous by observation, have sometimes led to scepticism with regard to the zoophytic origin of the reef rock. Nothing is wider from the truth :... | |
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