 | 1841 - 498 pagine
...certainly has saved many a one from being wrecked. I know few things more surprising than to see this plant growing and flourishing amidst those great breakers...diameter of so much as an inch. A few taken together arc sufficiently strong to support the weight of the Urge loose stones to which in the inland channels... | |
 | 1841 - 510 pagine
...certainly has saved many a one from being wrecked. I know few things more surprising than to see this plant growing and flourishing amidst those great breakers...weight of the large loose stones to which in the inland channels they grow attached ; and some of these stones are so heavy, that when drawn to the surface... | |
 | William Rhind - 1841 - 756 pagine
...certainly has saved many a one from being wrecked. I know few things more surprising than to see this plant growing and flourishing amidst those great breakers...ocean, which no mass of rock, let it be ever so hard, con long resist. The stem is round, shining, and smooth, and seldom has a diameter of so much as an... | |
 | Justus Freiherr von Liebig, Lyon Playfair Baron Playfair - 1843 - 446 pagine
...certainly has saved many a one from being wrecked. I know few things more surprising than to see this plant growing and flourishing amidst those great breakers...of the large loose stones to which, in the inland channels, they grow attached ; and some of these stones are so heavy, that, when drawn to the surface,... | |
 | John Purdy - 1844 - 534 pagine
...certainly has saved many a one from being wrecked. 1 know few things more surprising than to see this plant growing and flourishing amidst those great breakers...weight of the large loose stones to which in the inland channels they grow attached ; and some of these stones, are so heavy, that when drawn to the surface,... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1846 - 396 pagine
...certainly has saved many a one from being wrecked. I know few things more surprising than to see this plant growing and flourishing amidst those great breakers...of the large loose stones to which, in the inland channels, they grow attached; and yet some of these stones were so heavy that, when drawn to the surface,... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1846 - 390 pagine
...certainly has saved many a one from being wrecked. I know few things more surprising than to see this plant growing and flourishing amidst those great breakers...Western Ocean, which no mass of rock, let it be ever Bo hard, can long resist. The stem is round, slimy, and smooth, and. seldom has a diameter of so much... | |
 | Agricultural chemistry - 1849 - 300 pagine
...growing and flourishing amidst those great breakers in the Western Ocean, which no mass of rock, be it ever so hard, can long resist. The stem is round,...of the large loose stones to which, in the inland channel, they grow attached; and some of these stones are so heavy that, when drawn to the surface,... | |
 | 1852 - 784 pagine
...drowned. I know few things more surprising than to see this plant growing and flourishing amidst those breakers of the Western Ocean, which no mass of rock, let it be over so hard, can long resist. '* Though the stem of the plant is not above an inch in diameter, it.... | |
 | John Purdy - 1855 - 634 pagine
...certainly has saved many a one from being wrecked. I know few things more surprising than to see this plant growing and flourishing amidst those great breakers...Ocean, which no mass of rock, let it be ever so hard, caii long resist. The stem is round, slimy, and smooth, and seldom has a diameter of so much as an... | |
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I know few things more surprising than to see this plant growing and flourishing amidst those great breakers of the western ocean, which no mass of rock, let it be ever so hard, can long resist. The stem is round, slimy, and smooth, and seldom has a diameter... 
