 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, so sharp is the line and such the want of affinity between those waters, and such too the reluctance, so to speak, on the part...  The Gentleman's journal - Página 1651869Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1860 - 620 páginas
...of the sea : so sharp is the line, and such the want of aflimty between those waters, and such the reluctance, so to speak, on the part of those of the...Stream to mingle with the common water of the sea." It would appear, too, that this current acttually runs up hill, for the thermometer shows that the... | |
 | University magazine - 1855 - 784 páginas
...sea ; so sharp is the line, and such the want of affinity between those waters, and the reluctance, on the part of those of the Gulf Stream to mingle with the common water of the sea." — p. 25. This great river spreads in the midAtlantic — one portion sweeping past our own shores... | |
 | 1855 - 804 páginas
...sea ; so sharp is the line, and such the want of affinity between, those waters, and the reluctance, on the part of those of the Gulf Stream to mingle with the common water of the sea." — p. 25. This great river spreads in the mid. Atlantic — one portion sweeping past our own shores... | |
 | Matthew Fontaine Maury - 1855 - 312 páginas
...sea ; so sharp is the line, and such the want of affinity between those waters, and the reluctance, on the part of those of the Gulf Stream to mingle with the common water of the sea. philosophers. Modern investigations and examinations are beginning to throw some light Upon the subject,... | |
 | Matthew Fontaine Maury - 1856 - 636 páginas
...sea ; so sharp is the line, and such the want of affinity between those waters, and such, too, the reluctance, so to speak, on the part of those of the...Stream to mingle with the common water of the sea. 3. At the salt-works in France, and along the shores of the Adriatic, where the " salines" are earned... | |
 | 1856 - 496 páginas
...sea ; so sharp is the line, and such the want of affinity between these waters, and the reluctance on the part of those of the Gulf Stream to mingle with the common water of the sea. What is the cause of the Gulf Stream has always puzzled philosophers. Modern investigations and examinations... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1857 - 624 páginas
...of the sea ; so sharp is the line and the want of affinity between these waters ; and such, too, the reluctance, so to speak, on the part of those of the...Stream to mingle with the common water of the sea." This eloquent passage delineates, in terms happily chosen, some of the most striking features of this... | |
 | Matthew Fontaine Maury - 1860 - 542 páginas
...sea — so sharp is the line, and such the want of affinity between those waters, and such, too, the reluctance, so to speak, on the part of those of the Gulf Stream to mingle with the littoral waters of the sea. 71. At the salt-works in France, and along the shores of the HOWc.UMCI.... | |
 | robert scott burn - 1861 - 738 páginas
...especially no proprietor of land or cultivator of the soil, should be ignorant. waters, and such the reluctance, so to speak, on the part of those of the...Stream to mingle with the common water of the sea." In the high temperature of the Mexican Gulf it attains a warmth of 86°, and, starting with this burden... | |
 | Graduated series - 1861 - 504 páginas
...sea ; so sharp is the line, and such the want of affinity between those waters, and the reluctance, on the part of those of the Gulf Stream to mingle with the common water of the sea. It is a custom often practised by sea-faring people to throw a bottle overboard with a paper, stating... | |
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