 | 1827 - 452 lehte
...refer to it very partially. After mentioning tome obMrvotioct ou currents, &c. Captain Parry says— " These facts, when taken together, have long ago impressed...observations, which would appear to tend to the same result." But this is no new discovery ! On the contrary, it is as old as our oldest navigators.* It is the chief... | |
 | 610 lehte
...there must exist in the polar regions some general motion of the sea towards the west, causing the iee to set in that direction, when not impelled by contrary...currents, until it butts against those shores which arc actually found to be most encumbered by it, In confirmation of this idea, I am enabled to adduce... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1826 - 644 lehte
...opposite aspect ;' and his observations on this well established fact have led him to the conclusion, ' that there must exist in the polar regions some general...which are actually found to be most encumbered by it ;' and he offers a suggestion for the consideration of others, ' whether such a tendency of the sea... | |
 | 1826 - 570 lehte
...in Davis' Strait, and Fox's Channel, as well as in Prince Regent's Inlet, he states his opinion, ' that there must exist in the polar regions some general...shores which are actually found to be most encumbered with it.' Captain Parry then proceeds: — ' In confirmation of this idea I am enabled to adduce some... | |
 | Sir John Barrow - 1846 - 574 lehte
...together," Parry says, " have long ago impressed me with an idea that there must exist in the Polar region some general motion of the sea towards the west, causing...which are actually found to be most encumbered by it ;" and he gives instances of ships being set to the westward in, opposition to a strong wind blowing... | |
 | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - 1881 - 866 lehte
...while the Asiatic side is usually blocked with ice. A general motion of the sea towards the west causes the ice to set in that direction, when not impelled by contrary winds or local currents ; and Sir Edward Parry suggested that this constant westerly motion was connected with the... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1882 - 780 lehte
...Writings" I wish to comment upon is — "These facts, when taken together, have long impressed me with the idea that there must exist in the Polar regions some...direction, when not impelled by contrary winds or local or occasional currents." When it can be proved that permanent currents exist in the sea, irrespective... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1882 - 670 lehte
...together, have long impressed me with the idea that there must exist in the Polar regions same gentral motion of the sea towards the west, causing the ice...direction, when not impelled by contrary winds or local or occasional currents." When it can be proved that permanent currents exist in the sea, irrespective... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1882 - 646 lehte
...taken together, have long impressed me with the idea that there must exist in the Polar regims ¡ami general motion of the sea towards the west, causing...direction, when not impelled by contrary winds or ocal or occasional currents. " When it can be proved that permanent currents exist in the sea, irrespective... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1882 - 1050 lehte
...while the Asiatic side is usually blocked with ice. A general motion of the sea towards the west causes the ice to set in that direction, when not impelled by contrary winds or local currents ; and Sir Edward Parry suggested that this constant westerly motion was connected with the... | |
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... that there must exist in the polar regions some general motion of the sea towards the west, causing the ice to set in that direction, when not impelled by contrary winds, or local and occasional Currents, until it butts against thos'e shores which... 
