Smith, Hamilton Lanphere, 1819-1903. [from old catalog] · Cleveland, M. C. Younglove and company · leaf 225
a, have beenoccasionally seen off the Cape of Good Hope, and were there-fore of immense bulk, as for every solid foot seen above, theremust have been at least eight cubic feet below water. The woodcut below exhibits one of these ice-islands, sketched by Capt.Horsburgh; it was seen off the Cape of… … Undoubtedly the principal causes of Oceanic currents are thetrade-winds, of which we have already spoken. These blowingat first directly from the north and south, over the surface of thewater, move the floating ice, and superficial water, in the samegeneral direction, thus at length generating a…
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