West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-11-06
THE GULF STREAM.
An Interesting Topic Intcrestingly DI,-
cusscd by the American Minister 60
Argentine.

An Interesting Topic IntcrestIngly Dl.-
cusscd ny the American Minister to
Argentine.
The most interesting subject pre-
sented on ;hc voyage this way. is the
Gulf Stream. Ii forms never ending
topic of inquiry and speculation II
seems TO bo created and sustained by
the constant trade wind in the \. T.
portion of the Atlantic, dollccting due
west and by bong united to the $. f.
trade wind of the South Atlantic. run
ming to the ~ w. whore il ioins tho
current formed by the \. f. trade w'n /.
making what is callel the equatorial
current Increasing IN velocity as il
nearS Cape st Roync, the n. r. point
, OF the South American continent. This
current is then Supplem ntcd 10y the
! How OF the immense Anna ON, the laro-
est river I'm the world. viii ch cmptics
into the sea about twcntv-SiX m les
South of the equator Thcr, the
Orinoco flows in this equatorial current.
already having acquired temperature
almost of equal warmth with the air
concentrated in It's course throaUh The
Caribbean Sea. reaching "A We ocity of
from ono and a half to three miles per
hour and n temperature If q ghty- seven
degrees Fab. Ibis velocity incrrascs
as 1t passes Capc CatnChc i'm Yucatan,
| on one side, AMI Cape - Thomas. i'm
| Cuba, on the othe~ This IN ghty oan
| stream Is here again supplemented by
| our own ma cStic Mississippi. and rrshcy
with still increased vcloc " through the
Gulf OF Florida. where at last Il as-
sumcs the name of the Guf Stream
| and acquires velocity of from
| two and n quarter 10 ike M les
| an hour The width of the
Gulf Stream, aft leaving the F.o ida
Gulf averages thirtN-iiVc miles. and
passes Savannah AT "a distance of al out
ninety miles OF shore. At thi, point IL
begins to widen and dellcct. and so its
velocity decreases. Tne distance be-
tween the Gulf Stream and our coast.
| is what is termed the cold belt II ro-
tains this average distance Of between
seventy and eighty miles. Until reaching
Cape HattcraS, where the average dis
tancc, from the inside limit OF the
stream. Is only about thirty-iivc m'le.
III Is proper To say here. that the Guf
Stream, constantly running in n n y.
l.. and \. H. direction, meeting a wind
I'm the opposite direction, accounts for
the heavy swell of lIattcras. which sea
men dread so much, and where so
many wrecks mark the spot of danger
The stream here debouche, further oil
shore. tends more TO the r.. y. r. and
so pcrccptibly wdens its distance from
tn" shore, that at Cape Henry, below
Fortress Monroe, the inncr edge Of the
stream j. an average distance OF 12O
| miles OF shore, still moving in an H. ~
II. direction, until nj Sandy Hook. tho
inner limit of the stream, is 1S0 miles
| oil shore, the reader of this crude and
and Limited outline will understand,
that from Cap lIaticras, where tho
distance of the inner edge of the Gulf
Stream is only thirN-iivc miles of shore,
tlll abrcaStiof New York harhor, where
il IS $50, the cold belt becomes widcr and
wider. q that the iniowing counter
current from the cold north, running
| inside between the Gulf streams and the
shore, accounts for the severe winters
OF our eastern scl-board States.
The stream, taking as before stated,
an T.. n. f. direction crossing the
banks Of New Foundland. has now at
tanned IL width OF some three hundred
miles, but still retaining its character
OF river i'm the sea, warmer than the
surrounding ocean, and having ah in
itiaEvelOtitysof from two to three mics
per hour Qnits approach towards tli6
English and French coasts this great
Gulf stream splits, and il IS said, the
northern port on rnning partly on tho
west of Ireland TO the north OF scot
land the other port on diyerging in a
=. w. dir ctiOn around the Bay OF Bis
cay, where the operating cause, a. off
HatteraS the stream running against
the wind causes high, con used sca,
the perpetual vcxation aud fear OF
| navigation. il is thought n part Of the
current dives under the straits at Glib
| ral'ar, but its main course IL southeast
along the coast of Afrca between St.
Helena Bay nd tho river Como
After it passe- that river. II becomes
stream current formed ot water
brought from cooler region by the
prevailing sOuthcrly winds. B0yiiss
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