Popular Essays on the Movements of the Atmosphere (Classi...
Ferrel, William Ferrel A.
Excerpt from Popular Essays on the Movements of the AtmosphereIntroduction. - The earth is surrounded on all sides by an exceedingly rare and elastic body, called the atmosphere, extending with a diminishing density to an unknown distance into space, but pressing upon the earth with a force equal to that of a homogeneous atmosphere five and a half miles high. It is also partially surrounded by the ocean, which is of a very variable depth, and ...
