 The depth of water, therefore, must have been greater ; and as this weed does not grow in a perpendicular direction, but makes a very acute angle with the bottom, and much of it afterwards spreads many fathoms on the surface of the sea, I am well warranted...  A history of the vegetable kingdom - Seite 186von William Rhind - 1841Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Charles Darwin - 1879 - 232 Seiten
...that this plant, at Kerguelen Land, rises from a greater depth than twentyfour fathoms ; " and as it does not grow in a perpendicular direction, but makes...a very acute angle with the bottom, and much of it afterward spreads many fathoms on the surface of the sea, I am well warranted to say that some of it... | |
 | William Dean Howells - 1984 - 508 Seiten
...and then the water crystallizes, wherever there is a point of attachment. that on some of the shoals upon which it grows, we did not strike ground with a line of 24 fathoms. The depth of water, therefore, must have been greater. And as this weed does not grow in... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1989 - 452 Seiten
...wherever there is a point of attachment. 2O2 Voyage of the Beagle June 1 834 that on some of the shoals upon which it grows, we did not strike ground with a line of 24 fathoms. The depth of water, therefore, must have been greater. And as this weed does not grow in... | |
 | Dick Lutz - 2002 - 232 Seiten
...says, that this plant at Kerguelen Land rises from a greater depth than twenty-four fathoms; "and as it does not grow in a perpendicular direction, but makes...afterwards spreads many fathoms on the surface of the sea, lam well warranted to say that some of it grows to the length of sixty fathoms and upwards. " I do... | |
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