In some places the walls of this "Pacific Venice" are now The enemy's light guns, aided by effective searchlights, were offering a strenuous opposition to the small craft engaged on the all-important duty of clearing the channel of Another stimulus came from the biologists, Pacific.
A submerged submarine is in an unstable equilibrium, having a tendency to either sink or float to the surface. underwater | below the surface of a liquid | hidden But he had two torpedoes and he determined to use these against the Big guns are bad for stream-line, and therefore militate against high She was tied so rigidly to the golden rule that her own rights were being constantly Of course this, as well as all the other details of the vessel, was unknown to the skipper of the The wind skimming the sea, carried sheets of water along and almost The cradle seemed now to taughten, now to be lowered so much, that he and his charge were nearly Even here the rollers ran high, but they lacked the broken crest that elsewhere marked an almost Like all the other humbugs of superstition, this new The Islands have been greatly enlarged during the elevation by the Believe me, you must take all untried genius in the same scale of credit as that by which you have fancied the chariots and horsemen They are dropped overboard where a submarine that has On other estates the lump rubber is worked on the machines as it is received, and the resulting crepe is On such an occasion as this it would burst the barriers, leaving what he would show you once more Tanks should be provided in which the shavings should be conviction, and often in flagrant opposition to the truths of natural science, and when, in consequence, a wave of materialism threatened to submerge mind altogether by reducing it to a function of matter, many philosophers began to despair of the ambitious attempts which had been made to prove that there is a whole world of mind beyond phenomena, as the noumenalists had supposed. ), gave the following graphic description of the state of the Sulina mouth when the commission entered on its labours in 1856: "The entrance to the Sulina branch was a wild open seaboard strewn with wrecks, the hulls and masts of which, sticking out of the below the confluence the river has an average width of 180 to 200 yds., and flows with a strong steady current, although a broad strip of countr y on each side is swampy or A large sum of money was assigned by the government, partly for the preservation of the visible temples in the area to be Ormarah, Khor Kalmat, Pasni and Gwadar are all somewhat difficult of approach by reason of a sand-bar which appears to extend along the whole coastline, and which is very possibly the last evidence of a In Electrolytic cleaning, the metal is made the anode or cathode and is It may be useful to place a colander, sieve or other device over the pan to keep the artichokes All timer contactors that we offer are sealed to IP65 rating ie, completely waterproof even when totally draughtits shallow draft, the steamer could glide over Placed into this is a platinum electrode surrounded by a gas tube The region is equally famous for cave diving and includes some of the most extensive It all gazes out on to a permanent lagoon inhabited by hippos that loll Becoming part of a group who're similarly impassioned could cause The species are marine perennials, rooted in the substratum, having leafy stems either These consisted of a small amount of Canadian pondweed, which grows completely Entire islands were created, perhaps starting from a mangrove base or a roll-top bags, these dry sacks are not designed to be This Annex I habitat is defined as " Sublittoral sandbanks, permanently For effective propulsion, the fins must be entirely The larvae are aquatic, feeding below the surface on the The " Mediterranean region," as a geographical unit, includes all this area; the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmora are within its Some of the most profound changes that have taken place on this globe occurred in Mesozoic times, and a great portion of Australia was already dry land when vast tracts of Europe and Asia were Hemi-hydrophytes (swamp plants, marsh plants, &c.).Plants riose vegetative organs are partly Aquatic vegetation may be conveniently classified as follows: Aquatic plants with absolute master of his country's fate in his fifteenth year (see Charles Xii. The car was submerged under 20 feet of water. Submarines would attack either on the surface, using deck guns or submerged, using torpedoes. 5. -Improved gas apparatus; the metal is contained in a perforated glass tube which is submerged in acid when the triangular bottle is upright (a), but is above the level of the liquid when the bottle is turned on its side (b). On the 1st of November 1876 a cyclone acting in this who began to realize the importance of a more detailed investigaway inland between mountainous walls as on the coast of Norway; and there is also a bordering mountain system partly These sudden appearances of vast bodies of lemmings, and their singular habit of persistently pursuing the same onward course of migration, have given rise to various speculations, from the ancient belief of the Norwegian peasants, shared by Olaus Magnus, that they fall down from the clouds, to the hypothesis that they are acting in obedience to an instinct inherited from ancient times, and still seeking the congenial home in the Aldabra, however, although situated in that region of the Indian Ocean which forms part of the site of the IndoMadagascar continent of the Secondary period, is not a peak of the The coastal plain consists in great part of sandy beaches, detritus formations, and partially They are weighed and then dumped into a washing machine, consisting of a large horizontal cage, In time, however, and especially during the 12th century, high tides and north-west storms swept away the western banks of the Vlie and At Princess Marianne Straits tribes much wilder than those farther west, naked and painted, swarm like monkeys in the trees, the stems of which are Within a recent geological period, central Aragon was undoubtedly Owing to the pumping of the brine, large tracts of land have been A broad, low crustal arch extends southward at the junction of the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains; the emerged half of the arch, constitutes the visible lowland peninsula of Florida; the The end of the period was marked by the widespread emergence of the continent, and parts of it were never again The German conquerors of the Rhenish districts were singularly little affected by the culture of the provincials they subdued, and all traces of Roman civilization were In Spinoza's pantheistic theory of the world, which regards thought and extension as but two sides of one substance, the problem of becoming is So uniform is the level over a great part of these plains that in the rainy season hundreds of square miles are In fact, one quarter of the whole kingdom, consisting of the provinces of North and South Holland, the western portion of Utrecht as far as the Vaart Rhine, Zeeland, except the southern part of ZeelandFlanders, and the north-west part of North Brabant, lies below the Amsterdam zero; and altogether 38% of the country, or all that part lying west of a line drawn through Groningen, Utrecht and Antwerp, lies within one metre above the Amsterdam zero and would be Between the dikes and the stream lie " forelands " (interwaarden), which are usually The farther descent of the bucket being thus arrested, the special cable T is now slackened, so that the conical bottom of the bucket drops down, pressing down by its weight the the string of moulds, each thus containing a pig, moves slowly forward, the pigs solidify and cool, the more quickly because in transit they are sprayed with water or even The mainland, opposite the western end of Long Island, is traversed by the lower Hudson and other channels - Clew Bay, with its islets capped by glacial drift, is a The causeway connecting the isle with the mainland was long deep ship canal which it was proposed (1844) to carry right across the lagoon or For instance, the difference between the long-stalked and finely-cut leaves of Anemone attacked with rust and the normal leaves with broad segments, or between the urceolate leaves occasionally found on cabbages and the ordinary formin these cases undoubtedly pathological and teratological respectivelyis nothing like so great as between the upper and lower normalleaves of many Umhelliferae or the Large areas of fertile marshes are situated at the head of the bay, and the remains of a above the surface and connected with the shore by a causeway; this has been It is, however, now more generally believed that it exists in the breccia of some of the valleys on the west side of the lake, which is washed into the sea and of Cephalonia, forming with it, Leucas and Ithaca a crescent-shaped insular group, which represents the crests of a Static tubular aerator a system in which air is blown into vertical tubes In some places you can see ancient amphora littering the seabed, in others long The numerous remains extant, of which the theatre and the buildings partially east, where wheat granaries were built and still remain, but later the greater convenience of a waterside site drew the merchants and population back to the vicinity of the However, the deluge which shattered the opposition to Rome in the great national churches In the North Sea, and usually, it might be said that once the boat is The periscope when installed in the submarine is used for two purposes: (a) general observation for The "Mediterranean region," as a geographical unit, includes all this area; the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmora are within its The general elevation in the south part of the state is much lower, and large areas bordering the Paraguay are swampy, partially It is the principal genus of the natural order of Monocotyledous Potamogetonaceae, and contains plants with slender branched stems, and Many of the Frisian legends and folk-songs deal with the It has been suggested that their separation did not take place until after the continent which once existed in the north Pacific had become Nor are they afraid to venture out of their depth, being excellent swimmers, and able, by means of their trunks, to breathe without difficulty when the entire body is The knees are of a soft spongy texture and act as breathing organs, supplying the roots with air,, which they would otherwise be unable to obtain when Its level is subject to slight oscillations, and after a heavy five weeks' rain in 1869 it rose 7 ft., an immense territory at the mouth of the Selenga being For a moment, when the tide of Western civilization swept over Japan, the NO seemed likely to b permanently The last-named species spends most of its time in water, where it may be observed not infrequently among the reeds with all but its head and horns The trestles of this weir are, as usual, hinged to the apron, so that in flood-time they can be completely lowered into a recess across the apron by means of chains actuated by a winch, leaving the channel perfectly open for the discharge of floods and for the passage of vessels when the lock is 90; and in using the instrument that weight must be selected which will allow it to float in the liquid with a portion only of the stem - An optical instrument used in land warfare and in submarine navigation, enabling an observer to see in all directions while remaining under cover or An optical tube replaced this cupola in the "Gustave Zede," and comprised a short tube (on top of the submarine) with a lens to close the top end, which was kept just above the surface when running A typical yeast is able to develop b new cells by budding when The mature pollengrain is, like other spores, a single cell; except in the case of some It resists the action of water, salt or fresh, very well, and is therefore useful in situations where the work is likely to be seaward, at low water, are visible the ruins of Caerarianrhod (fortified town of the silver wheel), a About the same date (573) the king of Cymric Strathclyde summoned, from exile in Wales, St Kentigern, the patron saint of Glasgow, who restored a Christianity almost or quite All the bordering country on both sides is of the same description, and for a long distance inland extensive areas of swampy country are The wood is placed in a running stream and so tied or chained down as to be entirely Hottonia (water violet) is a floating water plant with In early and middle Tertiary times, when the Indian peninsula was an island, and the sea which stretched into Europe washed the base of the Himalayan hills, Sokotra was in great part Oysters are found in large numbers in the estuaries and fixed to the The phenomenon of a raised beach may be seen here, but indications of a The Cyamidae afflict the giant whale by nibbling away its skin; the Chelura terebrans is destructive to The rippled stalks are tied in small bundles and packed, roots downwards, in the dams till they are quite full; over the top of the upper layer is placed a stratum of rushes and straw, or sods with the grassy side downwards, and above all stones of sufficient weight to keep the flax Beginning with the province of Aconcagua the coast elevations crystallize into a range of mountains, the Cordillera Maritima, which follows the shore line south to the province of Llanquihue, and is continued still farther south by the mountain range of Chiloe and the islands of the western coast, which are the peaks of a Much nearer the Chilean coast (396 m.), lying between the 33rd and 34th parallels, are the three islands of the Juan Fernandez group, and rising apparently from the same At present the oyster is one of the cheapest articles of diet in the United States; and, though it can hardly be expected that the price of American oysters will always remain so low, still, taking into consideration the great wealth of the natural beds along the entire Atlantic coast, it seems certain that a moderate amount of protection would keep the price of seed oysters far below European rates, and that the immense stretches of above the sea) Novaya Zemlya, like the whole of the arctic coast of Russia, was This occurs as a membrane on the surface of the medium, or as irregular clumps or branched masses (sometimes several inches across) Ravenspur, once an important town of Yorkshire, where Bolingbroke, afterwards Henry IV., landed in 1399, is now The Aleutian Islands, like the Alexander Archipelago, are remnants of a This opinion about the site of Palaeopolis has been based on the very considerable alterations which are known to have taken place in the level of the land, and the extensive The researches of Renan have refuted the once popular idea that a great part of the original island has disappeared by natural convulsions, though he believes that the remains of a Consequent on the rise of the water-level several islands have been wholly and others partly At this time the rice fields to the extent of many hundreds of square miles are Apart from damage to shipping and buildings, the low-lying lands along the coast were completely From this point the land slopes westward towards the central plain, a low-lying tract, which before the construction of the embankment known as the Hornby Vellard, used at high tide to be in width, with a depth of 30 fathoms.