Telegram-herald., 1889-09-21


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Il was alrxetea . tc8 3 axe Ter three
ge4rs. contiL4s1 Gr Ec1 1zrd ana c4rllg
ia. fius - denaifely nxed tie sogfce q
ths GuIfstre4m We speut two yesrs IA
uaciax ug t1s CAT stream snc study inx
- fs.-1 ar .-les. al utie ws are stAl ID
tie cark as o The primsry e4lse u ttis
great ocsa1 river. We have cern.-elg nxe1
e1oa tEs SPOT = Hlers Dc ori glnases. Former
fy II Wa believed that the Glf stream was
simD.y the con tlaLzrlou y the Aississippi
river. tie IMMENSE volume q water nQ@lng
0at Of wbLca e.e4Ved rs way tarcugl ID
ocean. Gnt preserving - own distinctive
cAzracierfstlrs a. - TEN pSraIpre and eo.or,
nu4uy was isst and as inflated ~ TIC
waters Of The frozen northern seas. Others
held 20 The opinion that TIE Gulf stream wa
formed and controlled by the trade winds.
-Oar observations and invest cations
furnished "a with conclusive proof th4I
neither II these elements ha1 any thlug -
90 with IT, One curious fact vas esta1-
hshed, however. We found thai TIE moon
a-ected the Gui stream, and that tne cur
rent WAS controlled absolutely aud arOi-
trsUiiy Dy thai body
The true source or beginning OF the
Gun stream, established by careful scien-
the obsery alton extending over psrlod u
two years, j. a. q polat between Fowey
II .~tA "A Aa
coast OF lie bahamas. At this place, In as
fathoms Of water, We anchored, and FOR
months devoted ourselves 70 q careful study
OF the great ocean river.
''Let mo tel you something about the
pecuAarities that We noticed To begin
with, the current OF the Cuf stream al
the polnt where we were anchored, and
which We unanimously agreed upon Is its
true source, varies daily IA its velocity.
TIE difference Ia the flow was al times as
much as two and "A hSl' knots per hour.
The greatest velocity noted was < aeraily
about nine hours before the upper transit OF
the moon. The variations were most ex-
cessiye on the eastern side OF the straits,
and least on the western side. The average
daily currents vary during the month, tho
strongest current coming 4 day or two
after the greatest deciination Of the moon.
THE axis or true point OF beginning OF
the Gulf stream determined oy fixing the
position OF the strongest surface fi0w) is
eleven and half miles east OF the FOwey
Rocks lighthouse The stron gest surface
current found here was five and q quarter
knots per hour, the least one and three
quarter Knots, and the average three and
SIX tenths knots. We used two meters In
our observations, one for the surface cur
rent and one for the sub-surface stream
The wind has no effect upon the velocity Of
the current The surface current, 1t was
noticed, has ruch higher velocity than
the sub-surface During our observations
we occupied twenty-six different stations,
being anchored at each for several days az
time We took / 557 current observations
with the meter, and 1.s07 current observa-
tions with the pole during this time
"And what deductions did you makel"
''These only: That neither the Mississip-
pi river nor the trade winds were in any
way responsible for the Gulf stream; that
ii was affected by the changes Of the moon,
and that this particular point, 1l1f miles
east OF Fowey Rocks lighthouse, was its
| true axis or source"
"What theories have you in reference to
! the first cause Of the streamf'
Hundreds. II is a great field for specu-
latiou. Just imagine, if you can, what
would have been the result il we could
| have donned submarine armor and dived 70
the bottom in 49S fathoms of water. We
made soundings, but they revealed to US
| nothing. The bottom was sandy. coral
foundation; fish and other submarine
creatures lived and Gsported themselves
| in the depths, and all the time that surg
| ing, resistiess current boiled about US, de-
| flying inquiry as to it's true origin.
cit might be, for aught any one could say
/ to the contrary, the mouth of great river,
/ with the course deeD down IN the bowels of
the earth, among those everlasting fires that
| scientists tell US are continually burning
there. The superheated water gushing to
! the surface OF the ocean at that depth with
/ a power that can not be estimated would be
/ apt 20 displace the chilled and heavier
water Of the ocean, and. with an initial We
! locity Of nearly SIX miles an hour, would
certainly clear Tor itself pathway through
the ocean until chilled and rendered inert
/ by the frozen waters Of the Arctic seas.
Again, il may be that we were anchored
over an immense and ever-acfive volcano
which in DO way crippled by the constant
influx OF the cold ocean water iutOlts yawn-
ing crater continually, with power that
/ human thought can not measure, hurls back
the heated waves, and this repulsion, going
on day after day and year after year or a
period OF time that has not Yet been fixed
! b. observation or deduction. has increased
the volume Of the a. first puny geyser until
/ now IL has become q fixed and well founded
current, differing In temperature from the
water that surrounds II, and with a sweep
and stretch that extend over thousands Of
miles. on can theorize oil day over tho
matter, aud perhaps be as far from the
truth as ever The observations made by
the Blake settled several disputed points:
Il. That the winds and the Mississippi
river have nothing 70 DO with the formation
or the Gulf stream.
= That point eleven and half miles
east Of Fowey Rocks lighthouse. Florida.
IA tho Caribbean Sea, is Us true axis or
/ source
SO That tho velocity = The current f.
controlled By the declnatioa q the neon.
Traced by Horses Hair.
vii venture % relate q story which I
Z can w0loh for "a a true tale writes a Eos-