A Guide to the Scientific Knowledge of Things Familiar
A Guide to the Scientific Knowledge of Things Familiar
Brewer
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281 The Loochoo Isles are about 24 north latitude, and 130 east longitude. Q. Why do not the trade winds in the INDIAN OCEAN blow south-west from April to October? A. Because the air of Arabia, Persia, India, and China, is so rarefied by the enormous heat of their summer sun, that the cold air from the south rushes towards these nations, across the equator, (during these six months, ) and produces a SOUTH-WEST wind. Q. To what distance does this SOUTH-WEST wind prevail ? A. From 3 south of the ...equator, to the shores of the Arabian, Indian, and Chinese Seas. Q. Why do the trade winds (in the INDIAN OCEAN) blow north-east from October to April? A. Because the southern part of the torrid zone is most heated, when the sun has left the northern side of the equator for the southern : and the cold air from the north (rushing- towards the southern tropic) is diverted into the direction of NORTH-EAST, where it continues for the other six months of the year. Q. Are the monsoons as POWERFUL as the trade winds ?
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