The saline matter which sea-water holds in solution, prevents its congelation, except where the most intense cold prevails. |
When the congelation is partial, those organs which have been completely frozen become gangrenous and are destroyed. |
No doubt they had tried to swim across at the moment of congelation, and had been unable to disengage themselves. |
Ynan Blue Stone is of a very good quality, without crack, and is resistant to a temperature of congelation. |
If new and young ice are not deformed into rafts or ridges, they will continue to grow by a bottom-freezing process known as congelation. |
It forms near, and above, the point of congelation, and is often composed of crystals of ice or snow. |