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When navigators use the thermometer, they are able to distinguish with ease the great oceanic currents of tepid water which are encircled by the cold waters, and which, flowing back in the track along which they caine, form a sort of interminable stream.
In addition to the great currents there are many secondary ones, notably in the seas between the Tristan d'Acunha 178 ASTRONOMY.
islands and the Cape of Good Hope. These currents are easy of recognition, for they make the ocean look as if it wa...s divided into bands of different hues, and a vessel passing through them is driven more or less out of the straight course.
The principal of these currents, the only important one in fact that has been thoroughly studied, is that which starts from the Gulf of Mexico, and which extends all along the coast of the United States to the northern region, where its waters still maintain a relatively warm temperature, and create a space of open sea amid the ~polar ice.
Mr. James Croll has published several works upon this vast marine current, which is known as the Gulf Stream ; and he has made some interesting calculations as to the quantity of heat which its waters are capable of trans- mitting.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
When navigators use the thermometer, they are able to distinguish with ease the great oceanic currents of tepid water which are encircled by the cold waters, and which, flowing back in the track along which they caine, form a sort of interminable stream.
In addition to the great currents there are many secondary ones, notably in the seas between the Tristan d'Acunha 178 ASTRONOMY.
islands and the Cape of Good Hope. These currents are easy of recognition, for they make the ocean look as if it wa...s divided into bands of different hues, and a vessel passing through them is driven more or less out of the straight course.
The principal of these currents, the only important one in fact that has been thoroughly studied, is that which starts from the Gulf of Mexico, and which extends all along the coast of the United States to the northern region, where its waters still maintain a relatively warm temperature, and create a space of open sea amid the ~polar ice.
Mr. James Croll has published several works upon this vast marine current, which is known as the Gulf Stream ; and he has made some interesting calculations as to the quantity of heat which its waters are capable of trans- mitting.
What to read after Astronomy?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Jean Pierre Rambosson to read onlineMoreLess
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