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 Lyell, Charles, Sir

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

A contrary operation, as is now well known, takes place during the congelation of water, and heat is evolved.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 by Kerr, Robert

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 Forester, Thomas

But congelation does not kill them, and they can easily be thawed into life, by melting the ice that surrounds them.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)