The Physical Geography of the Sea, and Its Meteorology /

The Physical Geography of the Sea, and Its Meteorology / / Matthew Fontaine Maury; ed. by John Leighly.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Complete eBook Package
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Maury, Matthew Fontaine,
MitwirkendeR:
Leighly, John,
HerausgeberIn:
Leighly, John,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]
©1963
Year of Publication:2013
Edition:Reprint 2014
Language:English
Series:The John Harvard Library ; 50
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Physical Description:1 online resource (432 p.) :; 24 illustrations, 18 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • A NOTE ON THE TEXT
  • THE PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE SEA AND ITS METEOROLOGY
  • INTRODUCTION TO THE FIRST EDITION - 1855
  • CONTENTS
  • CHAPTER I. 1–55. THE SEA AND THE ATMOSPHERE
  • CHAPTER II. 70–143. THE GULF STREAM
  • CHAPTER III. 150–191. INFLUENCE OF THE GULF STREAM UPON CLIMATES AND COMMERCE
  • CHAPTER IV. 200–261. THE ATMOSPHERE
  • CHAPTER V. 270–303. RAINS AND RIVERS
  • CHAPTER VI. 311–332. RED FOGS AND SEA BREEZES
  • CHAPTER VII. 341–369. THE EASTING OF THE TRADE-WINDS, THE CROSSING AT THE CALM BELTS, AND THE MAGNETISM OF THE ATMOSPHERE
  • CHAPTER VIII. 370–409. CURRENTS OF THE SEA
  • CHAPTER IX. 420–460. THE SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF THE SEA, AND THE OPEN WATER IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN
  • CHAPTER Χ. 461–499. THE SALTS OF THE SEA
  • CHAPTER XI. 501–526. THE CLOUD REGION, THE EQUATORIAL CLOUD-RING, AND SEA FOGS
  • CHAPTER XII. 531–555. THE GEOLOGICAL AGENCY OF THE WINDS
  • CHAPTER XIII. 560–575. THE DEPTHS OF THE OCEAN
  • CHAPTER XIV. 580–618. THE BASIN AND BED OF THE ATLANTIC
  • CHAPTER XV. 621–680. SEA ROUTES, CALM BELTS, AND VARIABLE WINDS
  • CHAPTER XVI. 681–711. MONSOONS
  • CHAPTER XVII. 720–735. THE CLIMATES OF THE SEA
  • CHAPTER XVIII. 740–772. TIDE-RIPS AND SEA DRIFT
  • CHAPTER XIX. 781–808. STORMS, HURRICANES, AND TYPHOONS
  • CHAPTER XX. 811–841. THE WINDS OF THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE
  • CHAPTER XXI. 850–878. THE ANTARCTIC REGIONS AND THEIR CLIMATOLOGY
  • CHAPTER XXII. 879–893. THE ACTINOMETRY OF THE SEA
  • EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES
  • INDEX
  • PLATES
  • Backmatter

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