Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society (1885)
Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society (Great Britain) · Shrewsbury [etc.] Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society · leaf 106
ad seen these atolls, andmany had tried to explain their construction ; but thesecret was kept until Mr. Darwin revealed it. Hisexplanation is as simple as it is ingenious. The oceanicislands, round which the corals build their reefs,gradually subside. As they sink the coral-reefs arebuilt higher… … conclusion that was reached, but it is supported by anarray of facts and arguments which leave no room fordoubt, and, as we shall see further on, it commendeditself at once as true to men of science in everycountry. Some of the atolls are forty or fifty milesacross, and Mr. Darwin says the…
Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society (Great Britain) · Excavations (Archaeology) · Natural history
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