 | Malthe Conrad Bruun - 1822 - 696 σελίδες
...considered as a new division of the world, which we shall distinguish by the name of Oceanic. . The ocean. There is upon our globe, properly speaking, only one...separated from that universal sea, which we call the oeean. It is only for the sake of greater convenience that we distinguish different parts of that ocean... | |
 | Conrad Malte-Brun - 1829 - 552 σελίδες
...pole to the other, covering nearly three-fourths of the surface of the earth4 AH the gulfs, all tlu. inland seas form only portions detached, but not entirely...separated from that universal sea, which we call the ocenn. It is only for the sake of greater convenience thai we distinguish different parts of that ocean... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1844 - 356 σελίδες
...forming only one vast and continuous expanse of water spread round the land : and all the gulfs and inland seas, form only portions detached, but not...from that universal sea, which we call the ocean. 2. This mighty element occupies considerably more than one half of the northern hemisphere, almost... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1845 - 510 σελίδες
...round the land, and which probably extends from one pole .to the other, covering nearly three fourths of the surface of the earth. All the gulfs, all the...convenience that we distinguish different parts of the ocean under the name of seas. These may be classed in the following manner, the propriety of which... | |
 | Samuel Augustus Mitchell - 1846 - 604 σελίδες
...consists of one continuous fluid, spread round the land, and probably extending from pole to pole. All the gulfs, all the inland seas, form only portions...but not entirely separated, from that universal sea, denominated the ocean. The ocean is variously subdivided by different authors : it may be conveniently... | |
 | HUGH MURRAY, F.R.S.E. - 1855 - 602 σελίδες
...consists of one continuous fluid, spread round the land, and probably extending from pole to pole. All the gulfs, all the inland seas, form only portions...but not entirely separated, from that universal sea, denominated the ocean. Geographers roundly estimate the ocean and its branches to occupy three fourths... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1856 - 346 σελίδες
...round the land, and which probably extends from one pole to the other, covering nearly three fourths of the surface of the earth. All the gulfs, all the...seas, form only portions detached, but not entirely sepaiated, from that universal sea, which we call the ocean. It is only for the sake of greater convenience... | |
 | 1884 - 550 σελίδες
...the Gulf of Mexico, etc. See Mitchell's Modern Geography, ' Gulf, an arm of the ocean.' Ency. Britt. 'All the gulfs, all the inland seas, form only portions...but not entirely separated, from that universal sea denominated the ocean.' First Ency. of Geography, 187. ' Gulf ; an arm or part of the sea ;' ' Mexico,... | |
 | Agnes M. Stewart - 1871 - 514 σελίδες
...extends from one pole to the other, covering threefourths of the surface of the earth. All the gulfs and inland seas form only portions detached, but not entirely...different parts of that ocean under the name of seas. JFhat are Tides ? Regular and periodical oscillations which the seas of the globe undergo from the... | |
 | 1904 - 982 σελίδες
...Gulf of Mexico." See Mitch. Mod. Geog. "Gulf: Au arm of the ocean." Ency. Brit. "All the gulfs and all the inland seas form only portions detached, but not entirely separated, from that universal sea denominated the ocean." First Encyclopedia of Geography. The Orient (US) lfl Fed. 915, 920. GULF OF... | |
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... of the surface of the earth. All the gulfs* all the inland seas form only portions detached, but not entirely separated from that universal sea, which we call the ocean. It is only for the sake of greater convenience that we distinguish different... 