 ... the quantity of heat discharged over the Atlantic from the waters of the Gulf Stream in a winter's day, would be sufficient to raise the whole column of atmosphere that rests upon France and the British Islands, from the freezing point to summer heat.  Proceedings of the Royal Society of London - Page 592by Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1872Full view - About this book
 | 1860 - 620 pages
...discharged over the Atlantic from the waters of the Gulf Stream in a winter's day would be sufficient to raise the whole column of atmosphere that rests...British Islands from the freezing-point to summer-heat." Could any thing be more palpable than the advantages of such a glowing river ? If caloric could be... | |
 | 1844 - 836 pages
...discharged over the Atlantic from the waters of the Gulf Stream in a winter's day, would be sufficient to raise the whole column of atmosphere that rests upon France and the British Islands, from the freezing point to summer heat. Every West wind that blows, crosses the stream on its way to Europe,... | |
 | Samuel St. John - 1851 - 370 pages
...discharged over the Atlantic from the waters of the Gulf stream in a winter day, would be sufficient to raise the whole column of atmosphere that rests upon France and the British islands, from the freezing point to summer heat. It is the influence of this stream upon climate, that makes Ireland... | |
 | 1853 - 564 pages
...from the waters of the Gulf-stream in a winter's day would be sufficient to raise the temperature of the whole column of atmosphere that rests upon France and the British Isles from the freezing point to summer heat!'* •' It is evident, therefore, that an iceberg getting... | |
 | 1854 - 532 pages
...discharged over the Atlantic from the waters of the Gulf Stream in a winter-day, would be sufficient to raise the whole column of atmosphere that rests...and the British Islands, from the freezing-point to summer heat. It is the influence of this stream upon climate that makes Erin the Emerald Isle of the... | |
 | Matthew Fontaine Maury - 1855 - 304 pages
...discharged over the Atlantic from the waters of the Gulf Stream in a winter's day would be sufficient to raise the whole column of atmosphere that rests upon France and the British Islands from the freezing point to summer heat. and that clothes the shores of Albion in evergreen robes; while in the... | |
 | 1855 - 852 pages
...quantity of heat discharged over the Atlantic by these waters, in a winter's day, would be sufficient to raise the whole column of atmosphere that rests upon France and the British Isles from the freezing point to summer heat." See then the "manifold wisdom" and diversified goodness... | |
 | 1856 - 588 pages
...discharged over the Atlantic from the waters of the Gulf Stream, in a winter's day, would be sufficient to raise the whole column of atmosphere that rests upon France and the British Islands from the freezing point to summer heat." To continue this subject — " The West Indian Archipelago is encompassed... | |
 | Matthew Fontaine Maury - 1859 - 428 pages
...discharged over the Atlantic from the waters of the Gulf-Stream in a winter's day would be sufficient to raise the whole column of atmosphere that rests...and the British Islands from the freezing-point to summer heat. Every west wind that blows crosses the stream on its way to Europe, and carries with it... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1860 - 624 pages
...discharged over the Atlantic from the waters of the Gulf Stream in a winter's day would be sufficient to raise the whole column of atmosphere that rests...British Islands from the freezing-point to summer-heat." Could any thing be more palpable than the advantages of such a glowing river ? If caloric could be... | |
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