Cursory remarks on some parts of a work, entitled Studies of nature ; originally written by M. de Saint Pierre, and translated into English by ... Henry Hunter / [William Cole].

  • Cole, William, active 1807.
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1807
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Credit: Cursory remarks on some parts of a work, entitled Studies of nature ; originally written by M. de Saint Pierre, and translated into English by ... Henry Hunter / [William Cole]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    6e ter currents, or vortices, which proceed in cori« “ trary directions.” Having described the course* and cause of these supposed currents, he goes on to inform us [Page xxxix.] that “ in the mid- “ die of the Altantic ocean, and beyond the strait “ of the two continents, it pushes on to the north “in full force, and advances to the very northern “ extremities of Europe, and of America, bringing “ us twice every day along our coasts the tides of “ the south, which are the half-daily effusions of “ the two sides of the south pole.” He proceeds to describe “the other branch €i which issues from the south pole,” which, he says, “ takes a direction to the westward of Cape “Horn, rushes into the South sea, and produces “ in the Indian ocean the eastern monsoon, which “ takes place in India during our winter.” Having given us an account of what takes place in the southern hemisphere, he goes on and tells us, that “ six months after, that is in our “ summer, commencing towards the end of March, “ when the sun at the line begins to forsake the “ south pole, and proceeds to warm the north, the “ effusions of the south pole are stayed ; those of “ our pole begin to flow, and the currents of the