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... SHIP ON OBSERVATIONS OF THE LAW OF GYRATION CURRENTS AT DIFFERENT LEVELS THE LAW OF STORMS . 1. STORMS OF THE TORRID ZONE , AND THEIR EXTENSION INTO THE TEMPERATE ZONE 144 151 • 157 PROOF OF THE EXISTENCE OF ROTATORY MOTION IN THE STORM ...
... SHIP ON OBSERVATIONS OF THE LAW OF GYRATION CURRENTS AT DIFFERENT LEVELS THE LAW OF STORMS . 1. STORMS OF THE TORRID ZONE , AND THEIR EXTENSION INTO THE TEMPERATE ZONE 144 151 • 157 PROOF OF THE EXISTENCE OF ROTATORY MOTION IN THE STORM ...
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... following table of the limits of the Trade - winds between the 18th and 26th degrees of W. long . It is taken from the observations of 149 ships , passing from the NE . Trade into 22 - THE PERMANENT WINDS . THE TRADE - WINDS .
... following table of the limits of the Trade - winds between the 18th and 26th degrees of W. long . It is taken from the observations of 149 ships , passing from the NE . Trade into 22 - THE PERMANENT WINDS . THE TRADE - WINDS .
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Heinrich Wilhelm Dove. 149 ships , passing from the NE . Trade into the SE . , and of 88 passing from the SE . into the ... ships , ( Considérations générales sur l'Océan Pacifique , 1856 , p . 4 ) : - - POLAR LIMIT of the NE . of the SE ...
Heinrich Wilhelm Dove. 149 ships , passing from the NE . Trade into the SE . , and of 88 passing from the SE . into the ... ships , ( Considérations générales sur l'Océan Pacifique , 1856 , p . 4 ) : - - POLAR LIMIT of the NE . of the SE ...
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... ship , on its passage from the temperate into the torrid zone , enters the Trade - wind on the eastern side of the Atlantic Ocean earlier than it would on the western side . Between 30 ° and 35 ° , southerly winds are prevalent over the ...
... ship , on its passage from the temperate into the torrid zone , enters the Trade - wind on the eastern side of the Atlantic Ocean earlier than it would on the western side . Between 30 ° and 35 ° , southerly winds are prevalent over the ...
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... ship's observations of individual directions collected by Maury , by Lambert's formula , as Coffin has done for the Atlantic Ocean , we obtain the following results : North Latitude South Latitude 25 ° -20 ° 20 ° -15 ° 15 ° -10 ° 10 ...
... ship's observations of individual directions collected by Maury , by Lambert's formula , as Coffin has done for the Atlantic Ocean , we obtain the following results : North Latitude South Latitude 25 ° -20 ° 20 ° -15 ° 15 ° -10 ° 10 ...
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