 | Henry George Bohn - 1861 - 662 pàgines
...warm. The Gulf of Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth is in the Arctic Seas. There is in the world no such majestic flow of waters. Its current is more...than the Mississippi or the Amazon, and its volume more than a thousand times greater." These marine streams exert a very important influence. They obviously... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1862 - 392 pàgines
...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...than the Mississippi or the Amazon, and its volume more than a thonsand times greater. The currents of the ocean are among the most important of its movements.... | |
 | Sir Henry Holland - 1862 - 576 pàgines
...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...than the Mississippi or the Amazon, and its volume more than a thousand times greater. Its waters, as far out from the Gulf as the Carolina coasts, are... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1863 - 438 pàgines
...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...than the Mississippi or the Amazon, and its volume more than a thousand times greater. The currents of the ocean are among the most important of its movements.... | |
 | Robert Michael Ballantyne - 1863 - 452 pàgines
...of warm. The Gulf of Mexico is its fountain (hence the name), and its mouth is in the Arctic seas. It is the Gulf Stream. There is in the world no other...than the Mississippi or the Amazon, and its volume more than a thousand times greater. " Its waters, as far out from the gulf as the Carolina coasts,... | |
 | Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1863 - 254 pàgines
...while its current is of warm. The Gulf of Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth is in the Arctic Sea. It is the Gulf Stream. There is in the world no other such majestic flow of water. Its current is more rapid than the Mississippi or the Amazon, and its volume more than a thousand... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1863 - 394 pàgines
...current is of warm. The Gulf of Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth is in the Arctic Seas. There is no other such majestic flow of waters. Its current is more rapid than the M ississippi or the Amazon, and its volume more than a thousand times greater.* 62. Why did the existence... | |
 | James Stuart Laurie - 1866 - 300 pàgines
...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...is more rapid than the Mississippi or the Amazon. Its waters, as far out from the Gulf as the Carolina coasts, are of an indigo blue. They are so distinctly... | |
 | George Chaplin Child- Chaplin - 1866 - 272 pàgines
...warm. The Gulf of Mexico is its fountain, while its mouth is in the arctic seas. It is the Gulf-stream. There is in the world no other such majestic flow...Its current is more rapid than the Mississippi or Amazon, and its volume more than a thousand times greater." Rushing past the point of Florida, it starts... | |
 | 1866 - 578 pàgines
...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 so majestic a flow of water. Its current is more rapid than the Mississippi or the Amazon, and its... | |
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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... 
