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The Change Of Climate In The Middle Colonies Of North-America,
the warm surface ofthe earth , would instantly ascend to give place to that which was colder . But as the sun moves , or seems to . move , between the tropics , from east to west , there should be a constant current of air setting towards the sun from the north , south , and eastward , while the current , which would also come from the west , is prevented or turned back by the sun , who moves with great rapidity in the opposise direction . 1 he current coming from the north and south
falls in With that from the eastward , and is presently bent in the same direction . This constitutes what seamen call a trade tvind ; such is found in the Atlantic , and in the Great South ' Sea . Were the surface of the earth homogeneous , were it-all covered with water , 'or all smobthdry land , the easterly winds would always prevail quite rOund the lobe to some distance beyond the tropics . But the
g waters along'the equator are divided by two > or three considerable portions of land , which retain the heat < in a differeftt manner from the water , and reSe & the sun's rays in very different proportions , so that they not only stop the easterly current of air , but often change it to the opposite direction . For along the Westerly coast of Africa , and Souch-Americ ' athe winds commonly blow from the west . That is to
, say , they blow from it ' cold surface to thatwhichis warmer ; they blow from the sea in-upon the 'land . For , In warm countries , or in the warm season of any country , the surface of the'larid is warmer than the surface of the water . In cold seasons of temperate countries , the surface of the land is
colder-titan the surface of the water . The surface of the earth being immoveably exposed to the sun , receives and retains the-heat , and grows warmer by every adventitious ray ; so that a hard smooth surface will sometimes become intolerable to the touch , but'thelieat does not sink deep , except in a considerable process of time . The surface of ' the is not heatedfor the which
sea soon , particles are uppermost this hour , will presently be overwhelmed by those-whieh are colder , and they by others in succession ; whence'it happens , that , thoug'hthe surface of the sea will not become so warm by a sum-¦ mer ' s heat as the surface of the earth , in the same climate , -yet'the heat willpenetrate deeper , and be longer retained . Let us transfer these trite and general reasonings to the situation of
our middle colonies , with ' respect to land and water . Our coast runs nearly'from north-east to the south-west , so that if the land should at any time-be cdlder than the sea , and a current of cold -air should set towards the sea , it must-pass from the north-west to the south-east : but such winds we find-generally take place during the . winter season . For the Atlantic , to the south-eastward , is greatly heated during the
summer season , and will not soon lose that heat when the sun goes to the southward in the winter ; add to this , a very notable circumstance , whichis , that our coast is constantly washed by a current of warm water , whiclrbeing driven to the west by the easterly trade winds near the equator , is checked in the Gulph of Mexico , and obliged to escape to the'north-eastward , to give place , to the succeeding current . TTO BE CONTm'ED . ]
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The Change Of Climate In The Middle Colonies Of North-America,
the warm surface ofthe earth , would instantly ascend to give place to that which was colder . But as the sun moves , or seems to . move , between the tropics , from east to west , there should be a constant current of air setting towards the sun from the north , south , and eastward , while the current , which would also come from the west , is prevented or turned back by the sun , who moves with great rapidity in the opposise direction . 1 he current coming from the north and south
falls in With that from the eastward , and is presently bent in the same direction . This constitutes what seamen call a trade tvind ; such is found in the Atlantic , and in the Great South ' Sea . Were the surface of the earth homogeneous , were it-all covered with water , 'or all smobthdry land , the easterly winds would always prevail quite rOund the lobe to some distance beyond the tropics . But the
g waters along'the equator are divided by two > or three considerable portions of land , which retain the heat < in a differeftt manner from the water , and reSe & the sun's rays in very different proportions , so that they not only stop the easterly current of air , but often change it to the opposite direction . For along the Westerly coast of Africa , and Souch-Americ ' athe winds commonly blow from the west . That is to
, say , they blow from it ' cold surface to thatwhichis warmer ; they blow from the sea in-upon the 'land . For , In warm countries , or in the warm season of any country , the surface of the'larid is warmer than the surface of the water . In cold seasons of temperate countries , the surface of the land is
colder-titan the surface of the water . The surface of the earth being immoveably exposed to the sun , receives and retains the-heat , and grows warmer by every adventitious ray ; so that a hard smooth surface will sometimes become intolerable to the touch , but'thelieat does not sink deep , except in a considerable process of time . The surface of ' the is not heatedfor the which
sea soon , particles are uppermost this hour , will presently be overwhelmed by those-whieh are colder , and they by others in succession ; whence'it happens , that , thoug'hthe surface of the sea will not become so warm by a sum-¦ mer ' s heat as the surface of the earth , in the same climate , -yet'the heat willpenetrate deeper , and be longer retained . Let us transfer these trite and general reasonings to the situation of
our middle colonies , with ' respect to land and water . Our coast runs nearly'from north-east to the south-west , so that if the land should at any time-be cdlder than the sea , and a current of cold -air should set towards the sea , it must-pass from the north-west to the south-east : but such winds we find-generally take place during the . winter season . For the Atlantic , to the south-eastward , is greatly heated during the
summer season , and will not soon lose that heat when the sun goes to the southward in the winter ; add to this , a very notable circumstance , whichis , that our coast is constantly washed by a current of warm water , whiclrbeing driven to the west by the easterly trade winds near the equator , is checked in the Gulph of Mexico , and obliged to escape to the'north-eastward , to give place , to the succeeding current . TTO BE CONTm'ED . ]