 In whatever direction a body moves on the surface of the earth, there is a force arising from the earth's rotation which deflects it to the right in the northern hemisphere, but to the left in the southern hemisphere.  Science - Page 291884Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Richard Van Campen - 1876 - 320 pages
...moves on the surface of the earth, there is a force arising from the earth's rotation which deflects it to the right in the northern hemisphere, but to the left in the southern.' * " It follows from this law, that in the northern hemisphere every river current tends or presses... | |
 | William Ferrel - 1877 - 570 pages
...the surface of the earth, there is a force arising from the eartKs rotation which tends to deflect it to the right in the northern hemisphere, but to the left in the southern hemisphere, This important principle, useful in explaining so many of the relations between the motions... | |
 | 1883 - 568 pages
...velocity a in any direction on a planet of any size* with the angular velocity w. This force tends to the right in the northern hemisphere but to the left in the southern. The simple relation existing between the several parts of the total deflecting foi'ce * On minute planets... | |
 | John Michels (Journalist) - 1883 - 662 pages
...moves on the surface of the earth, there is a force arising from the earth's rotation which deflects it to the right in the northern hemisphere, but to the left in the southern" (Math, monthly, 1859, i. 307); and gave, by a rigorous analytical treatment of the question, a quantitative... | |
 | John Michels (Journalist) - 1883 - 662 pages
...moves on the surface of the earth, there is a force arising from the earth's rotation which deflects it to the right in the northern hemisphere, but to the left in the southern" (Math, monthly, 1859, i. 307); and gave, by a rigorous analytical treatment of the question, a quantitative... | |
 | 1884 - 648 pages
...unsymmetrical form in the valleys : and yet they all show most distinctly a gentle slope on the left, and a steeper slope on the right ; longer lateral branches...at the face of a watch in the northern hemisphere, and say that the hands turn to the right, and then, on going to the southern hemisphere, look at the... | |
 | 1884 - 660 pages
...unsymmetrical form in the valleys : and yet they all show most distinctly a gentle slope on the left, and a steeper slope on the right ; longer lateral branches...at the face of a watch in the northern hemisphere, and say that the hands turn to the right, and then, on going to the southern hemisphere, look at the... | |
 | John Michels (Journalist) - 1884 - 668 pages
...unsyminetrical form in the valleys : and yet they all show most distinctly a gentle slope on the left, and a steeper slope on the right ; longer lateral branches...only in a change in our way of looking at it. It is aa if one should look at the face of a watch in the northern hemisphere, and say that the hands turn... | |
 | John Duncan Quackenbos - 1887 - 146 pages
...moves on the surface of the earth, there is a force arising from the earth's rotation which deflects it to the right in the northern hemisphere but to the left in the southern.'' This is known as Ferrel's Law. On it is based the theory of both oceanic and atmospheric currents.... | |
 | John Thornton (M.A.) - 1890 - 372 pages
...moves on the surface of the earth, there is a force arising from the earth's rotation which deflects it to the right in the northern hemisphere, but to the left in the southern. This deflecting force is zero at the equator and increases with an increase of latitude. 234. Kegions... | |
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