Text-book of general physics, for the use of colleges and scientific schools (1899)
Hastings, Charles Sheldon · Boston: Ginn & company · leaf 61
s region will rise, since its density diminishes as its temperatureincreases. The cooler portions of air rushing in from thesides are deflected to the right, producing a whirl whichtravels across the country in a manner determined by theother, and much less clearly understood,… … TRADE WIXDS. — TILES. 51 33. Trade Winds.—Another illustration of the deflectionof air currents, resulting from the revolution of the earth, isafforded by the trade winds which in low latitudes blow, inthe northern hemisphere, with remarkable constancy fromthe northeast, and in the southern…
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