 | 1818 - 762 pages
...our globe. Rednetu of the Sea. — The following account of the red colour of the sea on the foast of Africa, near the mouth of the river Loango, is...owing to the whales, which at this time approach the coaats, in order to bring forth their young. It is, however, a phenomenon which is generally known,... | |
 | 1818 - 512 pages
...residuum. The author remarks, that the existence of chrome in this mineral seems to connect it with th« aerolites, but the origin of the combustible substance...been described, and is owing to myriads of infused animalCulae. I examined some of them taken in this blood-coloured Water; when highly magnified, they... | |
 | 1818 - 806 pages
...,«ount of the red colour of the sea on the ./joast of Africa, near the mouth of il/c •. 'y •. • Loango, is extracted from Professor Smith's journal....been described, and is owing to myriads of infused animalcule. I examined some of them taken in this blood-coloured water ; when highly magnified, they... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1818 - 596 pages
...appearance of small and solid spherical • bodies.' Another appearance of the water is thus explained: ' Some days ago, the sea had a colour as of blood. Some...been described, and is owing to myriads of infused animalculae. I examined some of them taken in this blood-coloured water: when highly magnified, they... | |
 | James Hingston Tuckey - 1818 - 630 pages
...towards the north, where the continent is greatly extended, and where the heat is much more intense. Some days ago the sea had a colour as of blood. Some...been described, and is owing to myriads of infused animalculae. I examined some of them taken in this blood-coloured water : when highly magnified, they... | |
 | 1856 - 430 pages
...during the last days of the month of June 1816, in the Bay of Loango, near the mouth of the river. " Some days ago the sea had a colour as of blood. Some...has often been described, and is owing to myriads of animalcula. I examined some of them taken in this blood-coloured water ; when highly magnified, they... | |
 | 1856 - 948 pages
...during the last days of the month of June 1816, in the Bay of Loango, near the mouth of the river. " Some days ago the sea had a colour as of blood. Some...has often been described, and is owing to myriads of animalcula . I examined some of them taken in this blood-coloured water ; when highly magnified, they... | |
 | J K Tuckey - 1967 - 638 pages
...towards the north, where the continent is greatly extended, and where the heat is much more intense. Some days ago the sea had a colour as of blood. Some...been described, and is owing to myriads of infused animalculae. I examined some of them taken in this blood-coloured water : when highly magnified, they... | |
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Some days ago the sea had a colour as of blood. Some of us supposed it to be owing to the whales, which at this time approach the coasts in order to bring forth their young. It is, however, a phenomenon which is generally known, has often been described,... 