The Physical Geography of the SeaHarper & brothers, 1855 - 274 páginas |
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abstract log Africa agents America atmosphere atmospherical circulation basin blow bottom calm belt Cancer Cape Cape Horn Caribbean Sea Caspian Sea circulation climates cloud-ring clouds coast cold water cool course cross Dead Sea depth direction diurnal rotation drift earth east equator equatorial calms equilibrium extra-tropical regions fathoms feet flow force fresh water gales Grand Banks Gulf of Mexico Gulf Stream heat hundred icebergs Indian Ocean Islands isotherm lakes land latitude longitude marine Mediterranean miles Mississippi moisture monsoons motion navigators northeast northern hemisphere observations Pacific parallel Plate VIII polar pole precipitation prevailing rain Red Sea rivers sailing salt sea water season ship shores side solid matter southeast trade-winds southeast trades southern southwest specific gravity Straits supply supposed surface current temperature thermometer thousand tion trade-wind region tropical upper current vapor velocity vessels warm water whale winds and currents winter zone
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Página 174 - No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls : For the price of wisdom is above rubies.
Página 174 - God understandeth the way thereof, And he knoweth the place thereof. For he looketh to the ends of the earth, And seeth under the whole heaven ; To make the weight for the winds ; And he weigheth the waters by measure. When he made a decree for the rain, And a way for the lightning of the thunder : Then did he see it, and declare it ; He prepared it, yea, and searched it out. And unto man he said, Behold, The fear of the LORD, that is wisdom ; And to depart from evil is understanding.
Página 174 - Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. The depth saith, It is not in me : and the sea saith, It is not with me.
Página 197 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Página 25 - 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.
Página 75 - The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits. All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
Página 67 - It bends the rays of the sun from their path to give us the twilight of evening and of dawn ; it disperses and refracts their various tints to beautify the approach and retreat of the orb of day.
Página 25 - Amazon, and its volume more than a thousand times greater. Its waters as far out from the Gulf as the Carolina coasts are of an indigo blue; they are so distinctly marked that their line of junction with the common sea-water may be traced by the eye. Often one half of a vessel may be perceived floating in Gulf Stream water, while the other half is in common water of the sea...
Página xiii - Rarely before has there been such a sublime spectacle presented to the scientific world: all nations agreeing to unite and cooperate in carrying out one system of philosophical research with regard to the sea. Though they may be enemies in all else, here they are to be friends. Every ship that navigates the high seas with these charts and blank abstract logs on board may henceforth be regarded as a floating observatory, a temple of science.
Página 287 - I had been traversing the ocean blindfolded. I did not think; I did not know the amazing and beautiful combination of all the works of Him whom you so beautifully term