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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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Contributions to the History of American Geology

George Perkins Merrill - Geologists - 1906 - 646 pages
...currents, and called in to sustain his opinions the law of motions as developed by Prof. W. Ferre!: In whatever direction a body moves on the surface of the earth there is a torre arising from the earth's rotation which deflects it to the right in the northern, but to the...
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The advanced class-book of modern geography, by W. Hughes and J.F. Williams ...

William Hughes - 1908 - 942 pages
...to the east. These results are thus stated by an eminent American meteorologist : — Ferrel's Law : In whatever direction a body moves on the surface...northern hemisphere, but to the left in the southern. Ocean-Currents : The surface-drifts and deep-sea currents are naturally arranged in three great divisions,...
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Air and Health

Ronald Campbell Macfie - Air - 1909 - 396 pages
...the general law : " 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 Hemisphere." But there is still an anomaly to explain. The Northeast and South-east Trade Winds blow...
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Physical and Commercial Geography: A Study of Certain Controlling Conditions ...

Herbert Ernest Gregory, Albert Galloway Keller, Avard Longley Bishop - Commercial geography - 1910 - 502 pages
...(Ferrel) as follows : "If a body moves in any direction on 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 hemisphere." Permanent north and south winds, therefore, are practically unknown, and are replaced...
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The Encyclopaedia Britannica: Edw to Fra

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1910 - 982 pages
...physical geography. " If a body moves in any direction on the earth's surface, there is a deflecting force arising from the earth's rotation, which deflects it to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere." This law applies to every body that is set in motion upon...
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The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volume 10

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1910 - 992 pages
...physical geography. " If a body moves in any direction on the earth's surface, there is a deflecting force arising from the earth's rotation, which deflects it to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere." This law applies to every body that is set in motion upon...
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The advanced class-book of modern geography, by W. Hughes and J.F. Williams ...

William Hughes - 1910 - 934 pages
...American meteorologist :— Ferrel's Law : In whatever direction a body moves on the surface of Iki nrik, there is a force arising from the earth's rotation which deflects it to tie right in the northern hemisphere, but lo the left in the southern. Ocean-Currents : The surface-drifts...
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A Class Book of Physical Geography

Arthur Thomas Simmons, Ernest Stenhouse - Physical geography - 1912 - 456 pages
...earth's surface, there is a deflecting force arising from the earth's rotation which tends to deflect it to the right in the northern hemisphere, but to the left in the southern hemisphere. Belts of calms. — Zones in which there is little horizontal circulation of the atmosphere...
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A Meteorological Treatise on the Circulation and Radiation in the ...

Frank Hagar Bigelow - Atmosphere - 1915 - 458 pages
...angles to the linear velocity q with which a mass is moving in any direction. They deflect a moving body to the right in the northern hemisphere, but to the left in the southern hemisphere. The deflecting force is a maximum and equal to 2 w3 q on the horizontal plane at the poles;...
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Tennessee Historical Magazine, Volume 3

John Hibbert De Witt, Willian Alexander Provine, St. George Leakin Sloussat - Tennessee - 1917 - 340 pages
...which, in his own words, is as follows : "In whatever direction a body moves on the earth's surface there is a force arising from the earth's rotation which deflects it toward the right in the northern hemisphere, but the contrary in the southern." It was by applying...
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