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21754	Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)	The Ocean and Its Wonders			.txt	text/plain	44432	1813	69	COMPOSITION OF THE SEA--ITS SALTS--POWER AND USES OF WATER--ADVANTAGE Geography of the Sea," tells us that "water is Nature's great carrier. investigation, that the winds blow and the waters of the ocean flow in Waves are caused by wind, which first ruffles the surface of the sea The tides of the sea--as the two great flowings and ebbings of the water rivers are covered with ice upwards of six feet thick, and the salt sea surface as to give to the sea the appearance of solid land; and ships warm water poured by it into the cold seas of that region. Wind, or atmospheric air in motion, is the cause of storms, of waves, of TRADE-WINDS--STORMS--THEIR EFFECTS--MONSOONS--THEIR VALUE--LAND AND SEA water of a strait or channel,--not the great Arctic Sea, about the One part of the sea being covered with ice, produces a cold atmosphere;	./cache/21754.txt	./txt/21754.txt