congelation
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The saline matter which sea-water holds in solution, prevents its congelation, except where the most intense cold prevails.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell
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
Similar divergences were manifested in the delays observed in congelation, and disappeared when subjected to an analogous correction.
From The New Physics and Its Evolution by Lucien Poincaré
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
But in Sumatra neither snow nor other congelation is ever produced, which militates against the most plausible conjecture that has been adopted concerning the Alpine goitres.
From The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants by William Marsden
