 | 1864 - 422 pages
...being prevented from growing higher, extends itself laterally in all directions. But the growth being as rapid at the upper edge as it is lower down, the steepness of the face of the reef is still preserved. These are the circumstances which render coral reefs so dangerous in navigation ;... | |
 | Arthur Mangin - Marine animals - 1868 - 480 pages
...increases, and being prevented from going higher, must extend itself laterally in all directions ; and this growth being probably as rapid at the upper edge...circumstance which renders this species of rock so dangerous in navigation. In the first place, they are seldom seen above the water ; and in the next, their sides... | |
 | George William Fitch - Physical geography - 1867 - 142 pages
...increases, and being prevented from going higher, must extend itself laterally in all directions ; and this growth being probably as rapid at the upper edge...dangerous to navigation. In the first place, they are seldom seen above the water ; and in the next, their sides are BO abrupt that a ship's bows may... | |
 | Ontario. Council of Public Instruction - English language - 1871 - 506 pages
...increases, and being prevented from going higher, must extend itself laterally in alj directions; and this growth being probably as rapid at the upper edge...dangerous to navigation. In the first place, they are seldom seen above the water; and in the next, their aides are so abrupt that a ship's bows may... | |
 | Treasures - 1876 - 742 pages
...extension of the reef is at an end, not so with its lateral expansion ; and this expansion being apparently as rapid at the upper edge as it is lower down, the face of the reef everywhere preserves its steepness ; a circumstance which renders this class of rocks... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1879 - 572 pages
...being prevented from growing higher, extends itself laterally in all directions. But the growth being as rapid at the upper edge as it is lower down, the steepness of the face of the reef is still preserved. These are the circumstances which render coral reefs so dangerous in navigation ;... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1880 - 778 pages
...being prevented from growing higher, extends itself laterally in all directions. But the growth being as rapid at the upper edge as it is lower down, the steepness of the face of the reef is still preserved. These are the circumstances which render coral reefs BO dangerous in navigation ;... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1881 - 618 pages
...being prevented from growing higher, extends itself laterally in all directions. But the growth being as rapid at the upper edge as it is lower down, the steepness of the face of the reef is still preserved. These are the circumstances which render coral reefs so dangerous in navigation ;... | |
 | 1818 - 586 pages
...being prevented from going higher, extends itself laterally in sill directions. But this growth being as rapid at the upper edge as it is lower down, the steepness of the face of the reef is stilf preserved. These are the circumstances which render coral reefs so dangerous in navigation ;... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1887 - 886 pages
...increases, and being prevented from going higher, must extend itself laterally in all directions; and this growth being probably as rapid at the upper edge...circumstance which renders this species of rock so dangerous in navigation. In the first place, they are seldom seen above the water ; and in the next, their sides... | |
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But this growth being as rapid at the upper edge as it is lower down, the steepness of the face of the reef is still preserved. 
