congelation

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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 Marsden, William

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 Poincaré, Lucien

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

Koryani has studied the ratio of the point of congelation of urine to that of a solution containing an equal quantity of chloride of sodium.

From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane

No doubt they had tried to swim across at the moment of congelation, and had been unable to disengage themselves.

From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir