An Investigation of the Currents of the Atlantic Ocean: And of Those which Prevail Between the Indian Ocean and the AtlanticLady Rodd, 1832 - 359 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 330 - ... slightly mentioned, as connected with the same subject, the effect of strong westerly winds, in raising the level of the British Channel ; and the escape of the super-incumbent waters, through the Strait of Dover, into the then lower level of the North Sea. The recent loss of the Britannia East India ship, Captain BIRCH, on the Goodwin Sands, has impressed this fact more strongly on my mind ; as I have no doubt that her loss was occasioned by a current, produced by the running off of the accumulated...
Σελίδα 340 - On the day after the Pheasant sailed from Maranham, she entered the current, the full strength of which she had quitted to go to that place, and it was then found to be running with the astonishing rapidity of 99 miles in 24 hours. On the 10th of...
Σελίδα 351 - An experienced commander, long in the Newfoundland trade, has said that the branch current which appears to come from Hudson's Bay, always sets to the south-westward (perhaps SSW,) off the eastern coast of Newfoundland, sometimes at the rate of two miles an hour : its strength however, varying with the direction and force of the wind. Passing down the eastern coast of Newfoundland, it turns about Cape Race, and sets thence along the south side of the island, until it meets with the current from the...
Σελίδα 299 - As water, therefore, he observes, when pent up so that it cannot escape, acquires a higher level, so, in a place where it can escape, the same operation produces a current ; and this current will extend to a greater or less distance, according to the force by which it is produced.
Σελίδα 313 - Stream, extendtd to the coasts of Europe, as some have supposed, must surely be referred to, as the origin of the Scilly current. ' I. The first case is that of the Earl Cornwallis, East India ship. The circumstance occurred on her outward passage : she was well provided with time-keepers, as most of the India ships are. ' On the 1 2th March, 1791, between the parallels of 43° and 44° ; and at 3° 45...
Σελίδα 331 - The fact of the high level of the Channel, during strong winds, between the W. and SW., cannot be doubted : because the increased height of the tides in the southern ports, at such times, is obvious to every discerning eye. Indeed, the form of the upper part of the Channel, in particular, is such as to receive and retain, for a time, the principal part of the water forced in; as may be seen by the sketch (No.
Σελίδα 313 - March. It was taken up by a centinel on duty, near Cape Ortegal ; and, as was supposed, at the moment of its driving into the surf. If this was really the fact, the bottle, according to the date of the letter contained in it, must have been carried, at the rate of half a mile per hour, in the direction of about E.
Σελίδα 332 - But, on the French side, circumstances must be very difFerent: for the shore of Boulogne trending almost due north, will give the current a like direction, since it cannot turn sharp round the Point of Grisnez, to the north-eastward; but must preserve a great proportion of its northerly course, until it mixes with the waters of the North Sea. And it may be remarked, that the Britannia, when driven to the eastward of the Goodwin, would fall into this very line of current. There is another circumstance...
Σελίδα 15 - The Stream Current. The Drift, or Drift Current, is the mere effect of a constant or very prevalent Wind on the surface water, impelling it to leeward until it meets with some obstacle which stops it, and occasions an accumulation and consequent Stream of Current. It matters not whether the obstacle be land or banks, or a Stream of Current already formed. The...
Σελίδα 332 - It is evident, that the direction of the current under consideration, will be influenced by the form and position of the opposite shores, at the entrance of the Strait ; and as these are materially different, so must the direction of the stream, be, within the influence of each side, respectively.