Climate and Time in Their Geological Relations A Theory of Secular Changes of the Earth's Climate
CHAPTER X.
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 Circulation 172