| The Ocean And Its Wonders Contributor(s): Ballantyne, Robert Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 1162703571 ISBN-13: 9781162703572 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections - History - Travel | Special Interest - Adventure |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.17" H x 8.25" W x 11" (0.44 lbs) 80 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The cause of the Gulf Stream has long been a subject of conjecture and dispute among philosophers. Some have maintained that the Mississippi river caused it; but this theory is upset by the fact that the stream is salt--salter even than the sea--while the river is fresh. Besides, the volume of water emptied into the Gulf of Mexico by that river is not equal to the THREE THOUSANDTH PART of that which issues from it in the form of the Gulf Stream. |
