Excerpt from On the Saltness of the SeaWith this understanding, I venture to offer an hypothesis with regard to the effects ofthe salts or solid matter of the sea Upon the currents of the ocean, and to suggest that one ofthe purposes which in the Grand Design it was probably intended to accomplish by having the sea salt, and not fresh, was to impart to its waters the forces and the powers necessary to make their circulation complete.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.