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 bottoms are of cold water, while its current is of warm. The Gulf of Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth is in... The Gentleman's journal - Seite 1651869Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1857 - 610 Seiten
...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 Arctic Seas. It is the Gulf-stream. There is in the world no other such majestic flow... | |
| 1858 - 690 Seiten
...what a grand simplicity the first chapter of the book commences : " There is a river in the ocean. Jn 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... | |
| 1857 - 602 Seiten
...remarkable, that we can not blame the priority thus given to its history. To use his own words: "There is a river in the ocean. In the severest droughts...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... | |
| 1855 - 778 Seiten
...ably done in eighteen chapters, each of intense interest. He thus describes the Gulf stream: "There is a river in the ocean. In the severest droughts...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... | |
| University magazine - 1855 - 784 Seiten
...published in 1852. It opens with a chapter on the Gulf Stream, of which he speaks thus : — " There is a river in the ocean. In the severest droughts...mightiest floods it never overflows. Its banks and its bottom are of cold water, while its current is of warm. The Gulf of Mexico ¡9 its fountain, and its... | |
| Matthew Fontaine Maury - 1855 - 304 Seiten
...between the Bottom oif the Sea and the Waters of the Gulf Stream, 56. — It runs up hill, 57. 1. THERE is a river in the ocean. In the severest droughts...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... | |
| 1855 - 804 Seiten
...published in 1852. It opens with a chapter on the Gulf Stream, of which he speaks thus : — " There is a river in the ocean. In the severest droughts...fails, and in the mightiest floods it never overflows. Ita banks and its bottom are of cold water, while its current is of warm. The Gulf of Mexico is its... | |
| Matthew Fontaine Maury - 1855 - 302 Seiten
...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 Arctic Seas. It is the Gulf Stream. There is in the world no other such majestic flow... | |
| Matthew Fontaine Maury - 1856 - 636 Seiten
...and Cold Water in the Gulf Stream, 57.— Runs up Hill, 59. — A Cushion of Cold Water, 60. 1. THERE is a river in the ocean. In the severest droughts...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... | |
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