Climate and Time in Their Geological Relations A Theory of Secular Changes of the Earth's Climate
CHAPTER XI.
THE INADEQUACY OF THE GRAVITATION THEORY PROVED BY ANOTHER METHOD.
Quantity of Heat which can be conveyed by the General Oceanic Circulation trifling.—Tendency in the Advocates of the Gravitation Theory to under-estimate the Volume of the Gulf-stream.—Volume of the Stream as determined by the _Challenger_.—Immense Volume of Warm Water discovered by Captain Nares.—Condition of North Atlantic inconsistent with the Gravitation Theory.—Dr. Carpenter’s Estimate of the Thermal Work of the Gulf-stream 191