 | 1858 - Страниц: 690
...what a grand simplicity the first chapter of the book commences : " There is a river in the ocean. Jn the severest droughts it never fails, and in the mightiest...fountain, and its mouth is in the Arctic Seas. It is the Gulf Stream. There is in the world no other such majestic flow of waters. Its current is more rapid... | |
 | 1857 - Страниц: 602
...current, under the name of the Gulf Stream, includes physical conditions so remarkable, that we can not blame the priority thus given to its history. To use...fountain, and its mouth is in the Arctic Seas.. It is the Gulf Stream. There is in the world no other such majestic flow of waters. Its current is more rapid... | |
 | 1855 - Страниц: 778
...this is ably done in eighteen chapters, each of intense interest. He thus describes the Gulf stream: "There is a river in the ocean. In the severest droughts...fountain, and its mouth is in the Arctic seas. It is the Gulf stream. There is in the world no other such majestic flow of waters. Its current is more rapid... | |
 | Matthew Fontaine Maury - 1855 - Страниц: 312
...Water between the Bottom of the Sea and the Waters of the Gulf Stream, 56. — It runs up hill, 57. 1 . THERE is a river in the ocean. In the severest droughts...fountain, and its mouth is in the Arctic Seas. It is the Gulf Stream. There is in the world no other such majestic flow of waters. Its current is more rapid... | |
 | University magazine - 1855 - Страниц: 784
...was published in 1852. It opens with a chapter on the Gulf Stream, of which he speaks thus : — " There is a river in the ocean. In the severest droughts...water, while its current is of warm. The Gulf of Mexico ¡9 its fountain, and its mouth ¡3 in the Arctic Seas. It is the Gulf Stream. There is in the world... | |
 | 1855 - Страниц: 804
...was published in 1852. It opens with a chapter on the Gulf Stream, of which he speaks thus : — " There is a river in the ocean. In the severest droughts...fails, and in the mightiest floods it never overflows. Ita banks and its bottom are of cold water, while its current is of warm. The Gulf of Mexico is its... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1856 - Страниц: 866
...currents is the Qulf Stream. ' There is,' says Lieutenant Maury, in his Physical Geography of the Sea, 'a river in the ocean. In the severest droughts it...are of cold water, while its current is of warm. The Qulf of Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth is in the arctic seas. There is in the world no such... | |
 | 1856 - Страниц: 500
...The Gulf Stream," and the first chapter opens with a striking description of that remarkable current. "There is a river in the ocean. In the severest droughts...bottom are of cold water, while its current is of 1856.] The Gulf Stream. 13 warm. The Gulf of Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth is in the Arctic... | |
 | 1856 - Страниц: 522
...Gulf Stream," and the first chapter opens with a striking description of that remarkable current. " There is a river in the ocean. In the severest droughts...bottom are of cold water, while its current is of 1856.] Tlie Gulf Stream. 13 warm. The Gulf of Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth is in the Arctic... | |
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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... 
