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DEEP SEA CURRENTS.
MYSTERIES OF THE OCEAN THAT
HAVE PUZZLED THE SCIENTISTS.
A Theory ■< to the Origin nnd Cnnxe
of the Gulf nnd Other Stream*—Are
They the Product of Inimen»e Suh-
I marine Gejraeraf
For more than n century scientists
ouil philosophers have been vainly try
ing to discover the origin and cause of
the mysterious current In the Atlantic
ocean called the gulf stream. Why so
called Is not apparent, as nothing In
the gulf of Mexico Is In Its composition.
There have been many theories, which
have been abandoned, some perfectly
absurd, such as Its being caused by the
eurth In Its revolution on Its axis, for
If It had the power to draw this stream
at the rate of live miles an hour from
the coast of Florida It would draw all
the water from the east coasts of
North nnd South America at the same
velocity. The prevailing theory Is that
the northeast trade winds drive a cur 4
rent Into the Caribbean sen and. aided
by the feeble equatorial stream, heap
up the water in the gulf of Mexico,
thence rushing around the south of
Florida from the source of the gulf
stream. But there Is no such a heap
ing of the waters In that gulf. The
waters there are sluggish, and there Is
no perceptible current leading toward
the gulf stream or anywhere else.
' r hls theory bus been accepted for
want of a better, but those who favor
It are not entirely satisfied with It. The
gulf stream Is an Independent body of
water, having no connection with the
water around or behind the point
where It emerges. It Is warmer nnd
of a deeper blue than the surrounding
sens and gushes forth from the start
ing polut oil Cape Sable at the rate of
from live to six kuots an hour, with
a temperature of about 1*0 degrees,
lessening gradually as it proceeds on
Its Journey of thousands of miles across
the Atlantic ocean, warming the west
ern shores of Europe.
Having seen the fallacy of the the
ories concerning the gulf stream, we
will turn our attention to the great l’n-
clllc current. Identical In all respects
with Its sister current of the Atlsutlc
and concerning which there are no the
ories to contend with.
It starts spontaneously from a spot a
few miles from the south end of the
Island of Formosa, lu the Banshee
channel, following the const of For
mosa northeasterly, pnst and through
the Loochoo Islands, skirting the const
of Japan; thence turns eastward on its
long Journey across the wide Pacific,
warming the const of America from
I'uget sound to Mexico. Its dark blue
waters are In striking contrast to the
surrounding sons, giving It the name of
Murra Snnr, or black water. It Is an
Independent stream where no combina
tion of winds or currents can possibly
cause the mighty rush of warm blue
water with a velocity of from live to
six knots an hour from the start.
In Its characteristics of heat, color
and direction It resembles the gulf
streum In every particular, and the
origin of the two streams must be the
same, whatever they may be. which I
sliull endeavor to show later on. There
Is another ocean current similar In all
respects to the other two, with the ex
ception tlwt It runs In an exactly op
posite direction. Starting from tile vi
cinity of the south end of the Island of
Madagascar. It runs southwesterly
around the Cape of Good Hope, where
It disappears o(T Cn;>e I.agullas. As a
curreut. probably part of It Is diverted
Into a steady set of the eastern current,
caused by the prevailing westerly
winds 111 that region. No scientists, so
lnr ns 1 am aware, have attempted to
account for this current, leaving now
proved beyond refutation tlmt all the
ories advanced as to the cause of ocean
currents are groundless. It remains to
be proved what the true cause Is.
It must be admitted that the currents
have a similar origin, ns they are Iden
tical In every respect ns regards color,
heat and velocity, springing forth In
the same manner spontaneously from
the earth In some mysterious way.
There Is no place on the surface of the
earth when* the water ean he heated
to furnish the heat contuiued lu these
streams that gush forth from the
depths of the sea; consequently the
forces must be subterranean and can
only be accounted for b.v large bodies
of clear, blue water from the ocean
forcing Its wny Into the depths of the
earth under Its crust, where It burrows
a channel of Its own to the surface
again, having received Its warmth on
the way by contact with tile Internal
lient of the lower regions of the earth,
forced on by continual pressure from
behind.
Thai there-are orifices In the earth’s
crust cannot be denied, also wfmt be
comes of tliv vast volume of water that
cannot be computed which Is constant
ly running at the rate of from four to
six knots an hour from the Atlantic
ocean, through the strait of Gibraltar
Into the Mediterranean sea. The nu
merous rivers, too, are continually
Mowing In. and yet the sen remains at
the same level. Evaporation cannot
account for It. for what Is evaporated
Is formed Into clouds and Is precipitat
ed again Into the sea by the medium of
Manns owl frequent rains.
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