 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 Arctic seas. It is the Gulf Stream. There is in the world no other such majestic flow of waters. Its current is more...  elementary treatise on nautral philosophy - Página 286por a. privat deschanel - 1873Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Arthur Mangin - 1868 - 480 páginas
..." It is the GULF STREAM. " There is in the world no other such majestic flow of waters. Its current is more rapid than the Mississippi or the Amazon,...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... | |
 | Matthew Fontaine Maury - 1869 - 548 páginas
...river is the Gulf Stream. There is in the world no other such majestic flow of waters. Its current is more rapid than the Mississippi or the Amazon,...their line of junction with the common sea-water may bo traced by the eye. Often onehalf of the vessel may be perceived floating in Gulf Stream water, while... | |
 | 1869 - 646 páginas
...Seas. It is the Gulf Stream. There is in the world no such other majestic flow of waters. Its current is more rapid than the Mississippi or the Amazon,...greater. Its waters, as far out from the gulf as the CaroUna coast, are of an indigo blue. They are so distinctly marked that their line of junction with... | |
 | 1869 - 732 páginas
...seas. It is the Gulf Stream. There is in the world no other so majestic flow of water. Its current is more rapid than the Mississippi or the Amazon,...volume more than a thousand times greater. Its waters, even far out from the Carolina coast, are of an indigo blue. They are so distinctly marked, that the... | |
 | 1869 - 810 páginas
...Sea. It is the Gulf Stream. There is in the world no other such majestic flow of waters. Its current is more rapid than the Mississippi or the Amazon, and its volume is more than a thousand times greater. Its waters, as far out as the Carolina coasts, are of an indigo... | |
 | 1869 - 798 páginas
...Sen. It is the Gulf Stream. There is in the world no other such majestic flow of waters. Its current is more rapid than the Mississippi or the Amazon, and its volume is more than a thousand times greater. Its waters, as far out as the Carolina coasts, are of an indigo... | |
 | John Nicholas Murphy - 1870 - 548 páginas
...Seas. It is the Gulf Stream. There is in the world no other such majestic flow of waters. Its current is more rapid than the Mississippi or the Amazon,...and its volume more than a thousand times greater.' The waters of the Gulf Stream are warmest at the surface, and gradually decrease in temperature, as... | |
 | Matthew Fontaine Maury - 1871 - 540 páginas
...Seas. It is the Gulf Stream. There is in the world no other such majestic flow of waters. Its current is more rapid than the Mississippi or the Amazon,...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... | |
 | Augustin Privat-Deschanel - 1874 - 288 páginas
...Arctic seas. There is on earth no other such majestic flow of waters. Its current Fig. 215.— Heating by Hot Water. is more rapid than the Mississippi or...marked that their line of junction with the common sea- water may be traced by the eye. Often one-half of the vessel may be perceived floating in Gulf... | |
 | Robert Michael Ballantyne - 1874 - 328 páginas
...takes its rise in the Gulf of Mexico (hence its name), and empties into the arctic seas. Its current is more rapid than the Mississippi or the Amazon,...and its volume more than a thousand times greater." This great current is of the most beautiful indigoblue colour as far out as the Carolina coasts; and... | |
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