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... Tides - Currents -The Gulf - Stream - Origin of the Phenomenon - Familiar Illus- tration - Local Currents - Winds - Trade - winds - Monsoons - Land and Sea - Breezes - Waves - Power of God - Man's Insensibility— Reflections I. THE ...
... Tides - Currents -The Gulf - Stream - Origin of the Phenomenon - Familiar Illus- tration - Local Currents - Winds - Trade - winds - Monsoons - Land and Sea - Breezes - Waves - Power of God - Man's Insensibility— Reflections I. THE ...
Strona 17
... tide ! The proportion which the sea bears to the land in extent of surface has been ascertained with to- lerable accuracy , by carefully cutting out the one from the other , as represented on the gores of a large terrestrial globe , and ...
... tide ! The proportion which the sea bears to the land in extent of surface has been ascertained with to- lerable accuracy , by carefully cutting out the one from the other , as represented on the gores of a large terrestrial globe , and ...
Strona 18
... tide . Much ignorance prevails respecting the depth of the Ocean : in many places no length of sounding line has yet been able to reach the bottom , and , therefore , our conclusions must be formed from in- ference or indirect evidence ...
... tide . Much ignorance prevails respecting the depth of the Ocean : in many places no length of sounding line has yet been able to reach the bottom , and , therefore , our conclusions must be formed from in- ference or indirect evidence ...
Strona 21
... tides , periodical risings and fallings in the height of the surface , which take place twice every twenty - four hours , or nearly . It is now well ascertained that these mo- tions are caused by the attraction of the sun and moon , but ...
... tides , periodical risings and fallings in the height of the surface , which take place twice every twenty - four hours , or nearly . It is now well ascertained that these mo- tions are caused by the attraction of the sun and moon , but ...
Strona 22
... then the water is drawn away from the earth on the near side . The sun is greatly larger than the moon , but his attrac- tion , owing to his great distance , does not affect the tides to more than one - fourth of the moon's 22 THE OCEAN .
... then the water is drawn away from the earth on the near side . The sun is greatly larger than the moon , but his attrac- tion , owing to his great distance , does not affect the tides to more than one - fourth of the moon's 22 THE OCEAN .
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