| Thomas Dick - 1799 - 200 pages
...of air from each of the temperate zones moves towards the equator. But these north and south winds pass from regions where the rotatory motion of the...earth's surface is less to those where it is greater. Unable at once to acquire this new velocity, they are left behind; and, instead of being north and... | |
| H. J. Lloyd - 1828 - 80 pages
...explained as proceeding from the earth's rotation. The waters, as they advance from the polar seas, pass from regions where the rotatory motion of the earth's surface is very slight, to those where it is exceedingly rapid ; they cannot immediately acquire the rapid motion... | |
| Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1833 - 614 pages
...towards the equator. But (as in the case of the polar currents in the ocean) these north and south winds pass from regions where the rotatory motion of the...earth's surface is less to those where it is greater. Unable at once to acquire this new velocity, they are left behind, and, instead of being north and... | |
| 1829 - 682 pages
...explained as proceeding from the earth's rotation. The waters, as they advance from the polar seas, pass from regions where the rotatory motion of the earth's surface is very slight to those where it is exceedingly rapid ; they cannot immediately acquire the rapid motion... | |
| Encyclopaedia Americana - 1833 - 548 pages
...towards the equator. But (as in the case of the polar currents in the ocean) these north and south winds pass from regions where the rotatory motion of the...earth's surface is less to those where it is greater. Unable at once to acquire this new velocity, they are left behind, and, instead of being north and... | |
| 1834 - 578 pages
...explained as proceeding from the earth's rotation. The waters, as they advance from the polar seas, pass from regions where the rotatory motion of the earth's surface is very slight, to those where it is exceedingly rapid ; they cannot immediately acquire the rapid motion... | |
| Ireland commissioners of nat. educ - 1835 - 398 pages
...atmosphere from each of the temperate zones moves towards the equator. But these north and south winds pass from regions, where the rotatory motion of the...earth's surface is less, to those where it is greater. Unable at once to acquire this new velocity, they are left behind, and instead of being north and south... | |
| 1836 - 424 pages
...atmosphere from each of the temperate zones moves towards the equator. But these north and south winds pass from regions, where the rotatory motion of the...earth's surface is less, to those where it is greater. Unable at once to acquire this new velocity, they are left behind, and instead of being north and south... | |
| William Martin - 1838 - 368 pages
...atmosphere from each of the temperate zones moves towards the equator. But these north and south winds pass from regions, where the rotatory motion of the...earth's surface is less, to those where it is greater. Unable at once to acquire this new velocity, they are left behind, and instead of being north and south... | |
| 1841 - 982 pages
...atmosphere from each of the temin the case of the polar currents in the ocean) these north and south winds pass from regions where the rotatory motion of the...earth's surface is less to those where it is greater. Unable at once to acquire this new velocity, they are left behind, and, instead of being north and... | |
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