congelation
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Or a herd of mammoths returning from their summer pastures in the north, may have been surprised, while crossing a stream, by the sudden congelation of the waters.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell
The inner tube is then emptied, care being taken to leave a few small ice crystals to serve as centres of congelation for the subsequent experiment, thus avoiding supercooling of the solution.
From The Mechanism of Life by Stéphane Leduc
But as soon as the surface of the torrent cools to the point of congelation, it loses the splendour of its first incandescence.
From The Eruption of Vesuvius in 1872 by Luigi Palmieri
The water at our anchorage being fresh at half-tide, was, no doubt, in favour of this rapid congelation.
From Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 by Robert Fitzroy
The principal chain is about 1500 miles long, and the principal peaks rise above or approach the line of perpetual congelation, Miltsin in Morocco being 11,400 feet high, and Tizi Likumpt being 13,150.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various
