...northwest current. For similar reasons, the currents proceeding from the equator towards the poles flow to the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere, and to the southeast in the Southern. According to Lieutenant Maury, the enormous evaporation in the tropic seas makes the surface-water...

...by far the greater number seem to be repelled by any continental coast, and to be deflected back to the north-east in the northern hemisphere and to the south-east in the southern hemisphere.* VORTEX. — Another remarkable feature of these storms is their increasing violence in the neighbourhood...

...fact that at the time of the great eruption, and during September, the mean temperature at Hatavia, and throughout Java generally, is at its maximum ;...north-east in the Northern Hemisphere, and to the south-cast in the Southern 1 lemisphere, and these winds are called by some the return trades, and...

...rising and the two trade winds, the north-east and south-east, feed it. When this heated air has reached its proper altitude, it flows off to the north and...earth causes it to flow towards the north-east in the north hemisphere, and to the south-east in the south hemisphere, and these winds are called by some...

...equator. When they reach the '<J5th degree of latitude, they generally curve still more until they move to the northeast in the northern hemisphere, and to the southeast in the southern hemisphere. Cyclonen. The circulation of the atmosphere in a cyclone may be compared to that of water in a circular...

...of latitude. This is due to the fact that the winds, together with the ocean currents, carry heat to the northeast in the northern hemisphere and to the southeast in the southern. England, in the latitude of Labrador, is a garden spot ; Labrador is almost uninhabitable ; the warm...

...the descending air supplies the trade winds and goes back toward the Equator ; some of it moves to the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere and to the southeast in the Southern Hemisphere, and forms, in both Temperate Zones, the prevailing westerly winds. While the trade winds turn toward the...

...rising and the two trade winds, the north-east and south-east, feed it. When this heated air has reached its proper altitude, it flows off to the north and...earth causes it to flow towards the north-east in the north hemisphere, and to the south-east in the south hemisphere, and these winds are called by some...

...reaching the thirtieth parallel of latitude the path of the storm becomes more curved, extending to the northeast in the northern hemisphere, and to the southeast in the southern hemisphere. Upon reaching the coast it crosses the line of the shore and sweeps down upon the country where its...