Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, Volumen 2Harper & Brothers, 1839 |
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... motion the earth's rotation could give it . It retains some degree of this motion , and descending in higher lat- itudes , where the earth's motion is less , will appear a westerly wind , yet tending towards the equatorial parts , to ...
... motion the earth's rotation could give it . It retains some degree of this motion , and descending in higher lat- itudes , where the earth's motion is less , will appear a westerly wind , yet tending towards the equatorial parts , to ...
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... motion , receding every way from the centre or axis of the trumpet , leaves there a vacuum , which cannot be filled through the sides , the whirling air , as an arch , preventing ; it must then press in at the open ends . The greatest ...
... motion , receding every way from the centre or axis of the trumpet , leaves there a vacuum , which cannot be filled through the sides , the whirling air , as an arch , preventing ; it must then press in at the open ends . The greatest ...
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... motion being contrary . I suppose a whirlwind or spout may be station- ary when the concurring winds are equal ; but if unequal , the whirl acquires a progressive motion in the direction of the strongest pressure . When the wind that ...
... motion being contrary . I suppose a whirlwind or spout may be station- ary when the concurring winds are equal ; but if unequal , the whirl acquires a progressive motion in the direction of the strongest pressure . When the wind that ...
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