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
| Elisée Reclus - 1874 - 626 páginas
...while its current is of warm. 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 a thousand times greater." Such is the epic language in which Maury's fine work commences.J After having... | |
| John Martin (of Melbourne.) - 1875 - 104 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,...Its waters, as far out from the Gulf as the Carolina Coast, are of indigo blue. They are so distinctly marked that their lineof junction with the common... | |
| George Rhett Cathcart - 1874 - 454 páginas
...Seas. It is the Gulf Stream. Tiiere 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 currents of the ocean are among the most important of its movements. They carry on a constant interchange... | |
| Augustin Privat-Deschanel - 1876 - 1124 páginas
...seas. There is on earth no other such majestic flow of waters. Its current Fiff. 215 — by Hot Wot«T. is more rapid than the Mississippi or the Amazon,...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... | |
| John Small - 1876 - 646 páginas
...mouth is in the Arctic Seas. 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... | |
| Sidney Lanier - 1876 - 346 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...volume more than a thousand times greater." Its waters are bluer than those of the surrounding sea, and the line of demarkation, for a long distance from... | |
| Sidney Lanier - 1876 - 336 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...volume more than a thousand times greater." Its waters are bluer than those of the surrounding sea, and the line of demarkation, for a long distance from... | |
| John Richardson Phillips - 1876 - 420 páginas
...river is the Gulf Stream. There is in the world no other such majestic flow of waters. The current is more rapid than the Mississippi or the Amazon,...volume more than a thousand times greater. " Its waters are of indigo blue. Their line of junction with the common sea water may be traced by the eye. Often... | |
| Elizabeth M A.F. Saxby - 1877 - 140 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,...Its waters, as far out from the Gulf as the Carolina waters, are of an indigo blue. They are so distinctly marked that their line of junction with the common... | |
| George Rhett Cathcart - 1877 - 454 páginas
...Seas. It is the Gulf Stream. There is iu 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 currents of the ocean are among the most important of its movements. They carry on a constant interchange... | |
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