An address delivered before the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association, January 6th, 1872, upon the thermal paths to the Pole, the currents of the ocean, ... the climates of the world / by Silas Bent.
Publisher: Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library
Published: December 20, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 44
ISBN-13: 9781418197551
Subjects: History / United States / General
First sentence: When De Soto discovered the Mississippi river, let us suppose he had remained on and about its borders for months and years-had traversed its width-had sounded its depths-had measured the velocity of its current-had recorded its temperature-had floated a thousand miles to the southward on its turbid bosom, and had still found, that, whilst its apparent volume continued the same and its temperature changed but slightly, its current became somewhat less rapid, but its course was still onward, towards the south, through the alluvial soil and interminable forests that formed its banks.