Atmosphere : a philosophical work / by George Woodhead.

  • Woodhead, George.
Date:
1852
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Credit: Atmosphere : a philosophical work / by George Woodhead. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    from the action of tlie air by tlie water which surrounds the vessel in which it is contamed. The distribution of the atmosphere over the earth's surface seems to be effected and regulated by the earth's rotation. The atmosphere being a fluid resting on the face of the earth; and the earth being a sphere, turning with great velocity on its axis; the centrifugal force, thence arising, will necessarily cause an accumulation of air at the equator of the earth, which, under the influence of the same force, will decrease towards the poles;* and the necessary consequence of the accumulation will be an increased density and pressure of the atmosphere at the equator, which will also gradually diminish with the * The waters of the ocean are known to be under the influence of the same force. The centrifugal force of the earth's rotation seems to be the power which obeyed the Almighty flat, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together. This appears to be the power which at first established and still maintains the level of the sea.