congelation
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Luther's love of toleration perished here by congelation; There the too great elevation turned Napoleon's seething brain; Here a whirlwind caught Descartes and swept him downward to the plain.
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
In the case of persons or animals drowned in sea water, a similar alteration of the point of congelation is observed, but in the reverse direction.
From The Mechanism of Life by Stéphane Leduc
We may be surprised to find that congelation rests at the same, or nearly the same, level in the Alps of Switzerland, and on the Corsican mountains eight degrees further south.
From Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. by Thomas Forester
There is good reason to believe that the terracing shown in its interior is mainly due to the repeated alternate rise, partial congelation, and subsequent retreat of a vast sea of lava.
From The Story of the Heavens by Sir Robert S. (Robert Stawell) Ball
During congelation it is brittle, so that the parts will separate by the stroke of a hammer; and by this means the form of its crystals may be discovered.
From Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry by Joseph Priestley
