...it is mown why there muft be a confiant current of eleftric matter through the bowels of the earth from the equator to the poles, and from the poles to the equator through the atmofphere. The great meteors ferve for keeping up the equilibrium in this great atmofpherical...

...temperature of the seas at their surface ; and, finally, the temperature of the currents, which, flowing from the equator * to the poles, and from the poles to the equator, form warm or cold streams -f- amid the motionless waters of the • The Gulf-stream. t The current...

...temperature of the seas at their surface ; and, finally, the temperature of the currents, which, flowing from the equator * to the poles, and from the poles to the equator, form warm or cold streams 'f' amid the motionless waters of the * TV Gulf-slrer.m. 59 ocean. I shall...

...velocities of different latitudes must certainly have the kind of effect described upon any winds which pass from the equator to the poles and from the poles to the equator, and the degree of effect will be proportioned to the rapidity of the 4 CONDENSATION OF STEAM. passage...

...velocities of different latitudes must certainly have the kind of effect described upon any winds which pass from the equator to the poles and from the poles to the equator, and the degree of effect will be proportioned to the rapidity of the passage of the wind from one latitude...

...globe.* Besides this internal circulation, there is a manifest and most genial external circulation from the Equator to the Poles, and from the Poles to the Equator. It may be mentioned, in connexion with the chemical phenomena of the atmosphere, that it is almost...

...water. But the whole character of the valley was changed. Its population had been much decreased duiing the war for independence ; many estates were now uncultivated...the air of the cold current. The vapor carried by the warm current, is condensed and forms rain. So that the temperate zone is not dependent upon the...

...attraction of the Sun and Moon on the waters. 2. In the space of 24 hours 50 minutes a great wave is carried from the equator to the poles, and from the poles to the equator. This, in its passage over the earth, causes the water to rush up the rivers, and each place to which...

...direction and force of winds are generally explained as the consequence of continual atmospheric currents from the equator to the poles, and from the poles to the equator, or by the diurnal motion of our globe, by various conditions of the atmosphere over the seas and the...

...is supposed that there must be a constan current of electric matter through the bowels of the earth from the equator to the poles, and from the poles to the equator through the atmosphere, and that the great meteors now described serve for the keeping up of the equilibrium,...