Wheeling compiler. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [i.e. W. Va.]) 1829-1831, 1830-07-07


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rrboro 10 No doubt th.t manh.ua
-eao rreot advantages from q kno" Iels.
~ ~. crrren,s of the ocean; seameh l.,I
tcrlorlv could derive a great oene"' 80 ~
r.om This essential point 10 O-J -.
In their journals buried 90 con- CON- ari,.
$40 sn3 indeed lhe ablestoi theH'' ''..l
motto he attitudes in which ,aey U.s.,
,bose currents withou, a reference 70 s1'
sons. although they are dopendei %. - -.
Iasf for their direction and cna"e0 WV
the alterations of the year. O'u0's M ~.
DIov Insufficient mems 90 asceI'1''. -
evs,soce and velocity, whilst most loi1'
tbrm 10 the moon, although 90 rea.I'l '"s'0
isnorelauon between therras7ccu'e .l'J
rone7a. What decided ga.,.f "'''~ o''
maritime nations draw fon an oee~.ll~
chart where che currents pro
.L,.- .ari1h0us iu Az seasons. ll Us 91lu
[67t Lieutenant johnson has already COM
nsrced Inns laudlbe work. would TIA, li
v.-, finished. Europe would soon see
u,o7 her shores the forests which are per-
,sbng with old ago IN the North OF AZ
moIca, and on the Mountains OF Nor
way
Sav9oes have already set ms an example
Of these maritime uansportatlons. Those
orIebrsdor select the mouth of a river
where they pile mp in RATS the ne'ghoor'ng
timber and guiding them with their ca
mes. are borne by ihe curreats 20 their
limitations. Z believe thIs fact ls related
by the unfortunate kergu.cn, a-trench ole
fcer and an able seamen, aud on eve WIT
ness of the transaction. lbeheye that the
descent of the forests of the n0rthi by the
currents of the sea. in spring would be
more prompt. easier, and would exact less
ma1usl labor. than by ,he current OF riF
er fill of winnings. of shoals, and often
wanting depth Of water particularly Do
summer.
7 haselt more To- say on Che pheoom-
ena of the ocean, although the Atlantic
sen forms but a portion o. DO, % Is tine most
interesting TO the human race.
III bears now the same relation to tne
rest Of the world that the Mediterranean
aid iu former times. This las, was me
great highway 90 the Peasges the Fhen'-
cans. fhr Egyptians, the Carina9en'ans'
aud tho Romans. We may add the peo- .
Drs who have succeeded them, as the Gee .
noese. the Ventians. the Turks, the Bar +
barry Kingdoms, and the chayahers OF Nal F.
ia; and those Who navigate the Baltic T
another NIoditeuaccan issuing from the
bosom Of ihc Atanuc, namely the Danes
Swedes, Russians, and the hanseauc Ol' 4
an these nations have doubtless had
GOOD seamen and a commerce of consider +
9ble importance. Bu. what a difference .
betveen these and those nations located /
ON the shores of the Atlantic, as the Eng
fsh. French. Spanish, Dutch, and Portu-
cueee. Their commerce rs spread over
every sea and is protected By formidable
navies, and thoy have possessed themselves
of the aircst portions OF The ha6i-ab.e
globe.
The author has then demonstrated the .
diurnal rotation Of the globe, about its AK
IS by the simple action OF the sun, which +.
renders successfully one hali Of ns err
conference lighter By his presence 10 the
day. and the other half heavier during hs
absence at nght;-t follows that us entire
revolution IS from west tocasL From the
same law IS derived lhe vibration of the
earth, when she presents her poles semi
annually 20 tho sun, under am angle of.
% ID degrees. hence we receive the sea-
sons and Che tram of blessings W .ch lOl-