Word: reefs
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Weld Senior crew on Sunday rescured its shell with difficulty from the steamer City of Wrocester, which ran ashore on Cormorant reef a short distance below New London. The shell sustained no injuries and was placed on board the steamer Lowell...
...Alexander Agassiz delivered a very interesting lecture in Sanders Theatre last evening on the results of his recent investigations of coral growths about the Fiji Islands. Mr. Agassiz took as his subject, "The Present State of the Theories of the Formation of Coral Reefs," and said in part: The theory of Darwin was that the formation of attols or coral barrier reefs was due to the subsidence of the district where they are situated. Dana's observations seemed greatly to strengthen the theory and its very simplicity gained it popularity. The first tangible objection to the theory was found...
...Alexander Agassiz has recently returned to Cambridge from an expedition to the Fiji Islands, where he has been studying coral reef formation for several months. The trip was successful in every way and Mr. Agassiz is to give the results of his studies in a public lecture in Cambridge on Thursday evening, March...
Geological Conference. Papers: The Elevated Reef of Florida. Mr. J. E. Woodman.- A Proposed Classification in Anthropo-Climatology. Mr. R. DeC. Ward. Geological Laboratory, Room...
Geological Conference. Papers: The Elevated Reef of Florida. Mr. J. E. Woodman.- A Proposed Classification in Anthropo-Climatology. Mr. R. DeC. Ward. Geological Laboratory, Room...