EXAMINATION OF THE GRAVITATION THEORY OF OCEANIC
CIRCULATION.—DR. CARPENTER’S THEORY.—OBJECTIONS CONSIDERED.
_Modus Operandi_ of the Matter.—Polar Cold considered by Dr.
Carpenter the _Primum Mobile_.—Supposed Influence of
Heat derived from the Earth’s Crust.—Circulation without
Difference of Level.—A Confusion of Ideas in Reference to the
supposed Agency of Polar Cold.—M. Dubuat’s Experiments.—A
Begging of the Question at Issue.—Pressure as a Cause of
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