Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, Volumen 2Harper & Brothers, 1839 |
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... land , may be another cause of our general northwest winds , which blow off to sea at right angles from our North American coast . The warm , light sea- air rising , the heavy , cold land - air pressing into its place . Heavy fluids ...
... land , may be another cause of our general northwest winds , which blow off to sea at right angles from our North American coast . The warm , light sea- air rising , the heavy , cold land - air pressing into its place . Heavy fluids ...
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... land . If it passes over water , the weight of the sur- rounding atmosphere forces up the water into the vacuity , part of which , by degrees , joins with the whirling air , and , adding weight and receiving accel- erated motion ...
... land . If it passes over water , the weight of the sur- rounding atmosphere forces up the water into the vacuity , part of which , by degrees , joins with the whirling air , and , adding weight and receiving accel- erated motion ...
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... land or water , from all sides towards a centre , must at that centre ascend , the land or water hindering its de- scent . If these concentring currents of air be in the up- per region , they may , indeed , descend in the spout or ...
... land or water , from all sides towards a centre , must at that centre ascend , the land or water hindering its de- scent . If these concentring currents of air be in the up- per region , they may , indeed , descend in the spout or ...
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