 | 1869 - 732 oldal
...in the Arctic 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...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... | |
 | John Nicholas Murphy - 1870 - 548 oldal
...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...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 oldal
...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...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... | |
 | a. privat deschanel - 1873 - 1076 oldal
...south, and finally loses itself in the regions of the equator. BI | ~^~Fig. 215.—Heating by Hot Water. is more rapid than the Mississippi or the Amazon,...Its waters, as far out from the Gulf as the Carolina coasts, are of indigo blue. They are so distinctly marked that their line of junction with the common... | |
 | Augustin Privat-Deschanel - 1874 - 288 oldal
...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 the Amazon,...Its waters, as far out from the Gulf as the Carolina coasts, are of indigo blue. They are so distinctly marked that their line of junction with the common... | |
 | Elisée Reclus - 1874 - 626 oldal
...floods it never overflows. Its banks and its bottom are of cold water, while its current is of warm. There is in the world no other such majestic flow...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... | |
 | Robert Michael Ballantyne - 1874 - 328 oldal
...of warm. It 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...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... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1874 - 454 oldal
...Gulf of Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth is in the Arctic Seas. It is the Gulf Stream. Tiiere is in the world no other such majestic flow of waters....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... | |
 | John Small - 1876 - 646 oldal
...while its current is of warm. The Gulf of Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth is in the Arctic Seas. There is in the world no other such majestic flow...'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... | |
 | Sidney Lanier - 1876 - 336 oldal
...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...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... | |
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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; the Gulf of Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth is in the... 
