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" in whatever direction a body moves on the surface of the earth, there is a force arising from the earth's rotation which deflects it to the right in the northern hemisphere, but to the left in the southern. "
Advanced Physiography - Page 265
by John Thornton (M.A.) - 1890 - 342 pages
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 181

1895 - 588 pages
...enunciated thus : ' If a body moves in any direction upon the ' earth's surface, there is a deflecting force arising from the ' earth's rotation which deflects...northern ' hemisphere, but to the left in the southern.' That this theorem is legitimately proved on the data used by Ferrel, there can be no doubt ; so also...
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Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held ..., Volume 1; Volume 13

American Philosophical Society - Anthropology - 1873 - 550 pages
...motions developed by Prof. W. Ferrel in the Mathematical Monthly, vol. ip 307, according to which, "In whatever direction a body moves on the surface...northern hemisphere, but to the left in the southern." Korr.] [April 4. is, that though the force be small, it has been active for a very long period ; and...
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Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at ..., Volumes 10-11

American Philosophical Society - Anthropology - 1869 - 664 pages
...hemisphere, in accordance with Petrel's law, that, "in whatever direction a Itody moves on (he turface of the earth, there is a force arising from the earth's rotation which deflects it to the riyht in the northern hemisphere, but to deleft in the southern." (Math. Monthly, i, 807.) 32. If a...
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Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Volume 7

American Academy of Arts and Sciences - Humanities - 1868 - 536 pages
...abridged form in Silliman's Journal (Second Series, Vol. XXXI.), and expressed in the following language : In whatever direction a body moves on the surface...northern hemisphere, but to the left in the southern hemisphere. From this force there must arise a change in the level of the sea wherever its waters have...
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Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Volume 7

American Academy of Arts and Sciences - Humanities - 1868 - 556 pages
...form in Silliman'g Journal (Second Series, Vol. XXXI.), and expressed in- the following language : In whatever direction a body moves on the surface...northern hemisphere, but to the left in the southern hemisphere. From this force there must arise a change in the level of the sea wherever its waters have...
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The Mathematical Monthly, Volume 1

John Daniel Runkle - Mathematics - 1859 - 460 pages
...~ 289 Ли ' This force is negative in the northern hemisphere, and positive in the southern. Hence in whatever direction a body moves on the surface...rotation, which deflects it to the right in the northern hemispltere, but to the left in the southern. This is an extension of the principle upon which the...
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Annual Reports of the War Department, Volume 1

United States. War Department - 1871 - 484 pages
...the whole mass has a tendency to move toward the north, but if from left to right, toward the south. In whatever direction a body moves on the surface...is a force arising from the earth's rotation which deducts it to the right in the northern hemisphere, but to the left in the southern. GENERAL MOVEMENT,...
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The Law of Storms Considered in Connection with the Ordinary Movements of ...

Heinrich Wilhelm Dove - Atmospheric circulation - 1862 - 384 pages
...Surface ; comprising Applications to the Winds and the Currents of the Ocean. New York, 1860, p. 25. 'In whatever direction a body moves on the surface...hemisphere, but to the left in the southern.' This extension of the principle of Hadley's theory leads to the same conclusions as that theory in the case...
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The Law of Storms: Considered in Connection with the Ordinary Movements of ...

Heinrich Wilhelm Dove - Storms - 1862 - 374 pages
...Currents of the Ocean. jtJ-ew York, I860, p. 25. 'In whatever direction a body moves on the siarface of the earth, there is a force arising from the earth's...hemisphere, but to the left in the southern.' This extension of the principle of Hadley's theory leads to the same conclusions as that theory in the case...
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The Law of Storms: Considered in Connection with the Ordinary Movements of ...

Heinrich Wilhelm Dove - Storms - 1862 - 374 pages
...the Currents of the Ocean. New York, 1860, p. 26. 'In whatever direction a body moves on the rface of the earth, there is a force arising from the earth's rotation irhich deflects it to the right in the northern hemisphere, but to the left in he southern.' This extension...
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