 ... especially, may be assigned as causes of this general movement of the waters. The westerly direction of the latter, however, is not confined to the region of easterly winds; it is met with in the region of perpetual calms, where it possesses a velocity...  The American Journal of Science and Arts - Page 4031864Full view - About this book
 | Edward Livingston Youmans, William Robert Grove - 1865 - 512 pages
...of perpetual calms, where it possesses a velocity of several miles a day ; it is observed far away from the tropics both north and south, in regions...the higher degrees of latitude is compelled to flow towards the equator, and the warmer water of the tropics towards the poles, in consequence of which,... | |
 | Edward Livingston Youmans, William Robert Grove - 1865 - 500 pages
...from the tropics both north and south, in regions where westerly winds proCELESTIAL DYNAMICS. vail, near the Cape of Good Hope, the Straits of Magellan,...the higher degrees of latitude is compelled to flow towards the equator, and the warmer water of the tropics towards the poles, in consequence of which,... | |
 | Edward Livingston Youmans - 1865 - 490 pages
...of perpetual calms, where it possesses a velocity of several miles a day ; it is observed far away from the tropics both north and south, in regions where westerly winds pre« vail, near the Cape of Good Hope, the Straits of Magellan,, the arctic regions, &c. A third cause... | |
 | Edward Livingston Youmans - 1868 - 526 pages
...calms, where it possesses a velocity of several miles a day ; it is observed far away from the tropies both north and south, in regions where westerly winds...the higher degrees of latitude is compelled to flow towards the equator, and the warmer water of the tropics towards the poles, in consequence of which,... | |
 | William Robert Grove - 1872 - 640 pages
...of perpetual calms, where it possesses a velocity of several miles a day ; it is observed far away from the tropics both north and south, in regions...&c. A third cause for the production of a general i notion of translation of the waters of the ocean is the unequal heating of the sea in different zones.... | |
 | 1863 - 1212 pages
...of perpetual calms, where it possesses a velocity of several miles a day ; it is observed far away from the tropics both north and south, in regions...the higher degrees of latitude is compelled to flow towards the equator, and the warmer water of the tropics towards the poles, in consequence of which,... | |
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