 There is a river in the ocean. In the severest droughts it never fails, and in the mightiest floods it never overflows. Its banks and its bottom are of cold water, while its current is of warm. The Gulf of Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth is in the...  Proceedings of the Royal Society of London - Page 592by Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1872Full view - About this book
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1860 - 364 pages
...majestic and extraordinary river upon the globe. " There is a river," says MF Maury, " in the ocean. In the severest droughts it never fails, and in the...mightiest floods it never overflows. Its banks and its bottoms are of cold water, while its surface is of warm. The Gulf of Mexico is its fountain, and its... | |
 | Graduated series - 1861 - 504 pages
...which they would otherwise have followed. Hartwig. THE GULF STREAM. THERE is a river in the ocean. In the severest droughts it never fails, and in the...bottom are of cold water, while its current is of warm. The Gulf of Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth is in the Arctic seas. It is the Gulf Stream. There... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1861 - 662 pages
...illustrator," tnus graphically refers to it : — " There is a river in the ocean. In the severent droughts it never fails, and in the mightiest floods...bottom are of cold water, while its current is of B warm. The Gulf of Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth is in the Arctic Seas. There is in the world... | |
 | William J. Barbee - 1861 - 432 pages
...would like a few more of the same kind, he can go and buy the book. " There is a river in the ocean. In the severest droughts it never fails, and in the...mightiest floods it never overflows. Its banks and its bottoms are of cold water, while its current is of warm. The Gulf of Mexico is its fountain, and its... | |
 | 1862 - 378 pages
...further information on this and other allied subjects to refer, says — " There is a river in the ocean. In the severest droughts it never fails, and in the...are of cold water, while its current is of warm. It is the Gulf Stream." The office of the Gulf Stream is to carry off the heated waters from the Gulf... | |
 | Sir Henry Holland - 1862 - 528 pages
...blame the priority thus given to its history. To use his own words : — There is a river in the ocean. In the severest droughts it never fails, and in the...bottom are of cold water, while its current is of warm. The Gulf of Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth is in the Arctic Seas. It is the Gulf-stream. There... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1862 - 392 pages
...shall shave." THE GULF STREAM. THERE is a river in the ocean. In the severest droughts it never tails, and in the mightiest floods it never overflows. Its...bottom are of cold water, while its current is of warm. The Gulf of Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth is in the Arctic Seas. It is the Gulf Stream. There... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1863 - 438 pages
...immortal1 wakes— Wakes1 with his God. CAROLINE SOUTHEY. THE GULF STEEAM. THERE is a river in the ocean. In the severest droughts it never fails, and in the...bottom are of cold water, while its current is of warm. The Gulf of Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth is in the Arctic Seas. It is the Gulf Stream. There... | |
 | Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1863 - 254 pages
...THE GULP STREAM. • " THERE is a river in the ocean. In the severest droughts it never fails, amid the mightiest floods it never overflows. Its banks...bottom are of cold water, while its current is of warm. The Gulf of Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth is in the Arctic Sea. It is the Gulf Stream. There... | |
 | Robert Michael Ballantyne - 1863 - 452 pages
...treats of that mysterious current known as the "Gulf Stream :" — " There is a river in the ocean. In the severest droughts it never fails, and in the...mightiest floods it never overflows. Its banks and its bottoms are of cold water, while its current is of warm. The Gulf of Mexico is its fountain (hence... | |
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