 India seas; for on one side we have the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico, with their waters of brine ; "*"• on the other, the great Polar basin, the Baltic, and the North Sea, the two latter with waters that are but little more than brackish.* In one...  Philosophical Magazine - Page 1251870Full view - About this book
 | Matthew Fontaine Maury - 1855 - 304 pages
...Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico, with their water! of brine; on the other, the Baltic and the North Sea, with waters that are but little more than brackish....unmask one of the agents concerned in causing the Gulf Stream. What is the influence of this agent—that is, how great is it, and to what extent does... | |
 | Matthew Fontaine Maury - 1855 - 304 pages
...Gulf of Mexico, with their waters of brine ; on the other, the Baltic and the North Sea, with wraters that are but little more than brackish. In one set...unmask one of the agents concerned in causing the Gulf Stream. What is the influence of this agent — that is, how great is it, and to what extent does... | |
 | Matthew Fontaine Maury - 1856 - 636 pages
...the Baltic and the North Sea, the two latter with waters that are but little more than brackish, t In one set of these sea-basins the water is heavy...unmask one of the agents concerned in causing the Gulf Stream. What is the influence of this agent — that is, how great is it, and to what extent does... | |
 | 1856 - 588 pages
...and the North Sea, with waters that are but little more than brackish. In one set of these sea basins the water is heavy, in the other it is light. Between...the ocean intervenes, but water is bound to seek and maintain its level; and here, therefore, we unmask one of the agents concerned in causing the Gulf... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1858 - 924 pages
...how our author brings this heaviness and lightness to bear upon the striking phenomenon before us : " We have, on one side, the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of...therefore we unmask one of the agents concerned in causing Gulf Stream. What is the influence of this agent — that is, how great is it, and to what extent does... | |
 | Matthew Fontaine Maury - 1859 - 428 pages
...lit the surface. Gulf of Mexico, with their waters of brine ; on the other, the great Polar bas!n, the Baltic and the North Sea, the two latter with...of the agents concerned in causing the Gulf-Stream. What is the influence of this agent — that is, how great is it, and to what extent does it go —... | |
 | Matthew Fontaine Maury - 1860 - 542 pages
...reGUYf s?4£rttolte side in those northern waters as in the West India seas; for on one side we have the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico, with their waters...unmask one of the agents concerned in causing the Gulf Stream. What is the power of this agent — is it greater than that of other agents, and how much... | |
 | William J. Barbee - 1861 - 432 pages
...almost fresh waters of the Polar basin, Baltic, and North Sea on the other. In one set of these basins the water is heavy; in the other it is light. Between...them the ocean intervenes. But water is bound to seek its level, and the tendency to equilibrium propels the waters of the Gulf toward the Pole." less warm... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1863 - 394 pages
...Sea, the two latter with waters that are but little more than brackish. In one set of these sea-basina the water is heavy, in the other it is light. Between...bound to seek and to maintain its level ; and here we recognise one of the forces concerned in producing the great Gulf Stream. 42. If all the snits of... | |
 | Matthew Fontaine Maury - 1871 - 540 pages
...side in those northern waters as in the West Indi a seas; for on one side we have the Caribbean ^E Sea and Gulf of Mexico, with their waters of brine;...unmask one of the agents concerned in causing the Gulf Stream. What is the power of this agent—is it greater than that of other agents, and how much... | |
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