U.S.N. Matthew Fontaine Maury, Lieutenant
Physical Geography Of The Sea
"[...]Entered according to act of Congress in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty five by HARPER & BROTHERS in the clerk’s office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York AS A TOKEN OF FRIENDSHIP, AND A TRIBUTE TO WORTH, This Volume Is Dedicated To GEORGE MANNING, OF NEW YORK. WASHINGTON OBSERVATORY, December, 1854.
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I. — THE GULF STREAM.
The Gulf Stream, § 1. — Its Color, 2. — Its Cause, 3-7. — Franklin’s Theory, 8. The Sargasso Sea, 13. — The Trade wind Agency refuted, 14. — Galvanic Properties of Gulf Stream Waters, 26. — Initial Velocity, 30. — Agents that make Water in one part of the Sea heavier than in another, 31. — Temperature of the Gulf Stream, 37. — It is[...]".
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I. — THE GULF STREAM.
The Gulf Stream, § 1. — Its Color, 2. — Its Cause, 3-7. — Franklin’s Theory, 8. The Sargasso Sea, 13. — The Trade wind Agency refuted, 14. — Galvanic Properties of Gulf Stream Waters, 26. — Initial Velocity, 30. — Agents that make Water in one part of the Sea heavier than in another, 31. — Temperature of the Gulf Stream, 37. — It is[...]".