CHAPTER V 



OCEAN CURRENTS. 



The ocean currents, as observed all around the 

 world, tend to prove the minutest observations in the 

 powers displayed by the heat and cold on the properties 

 of matter. Ocean currents prove the propelling power 

 of heat, and the condensing power of cold on the prop- 

 erties of matter. Ocean currents prove that heat tends 

 to disperse matter and that cold tends to union of 

 matter. 



Ocean currents prove conclusively that the pro- 

 pelling power of heat, aided by the congealing power 

 of cold, cause the earth to revolve on its axis through 

 action on the plastic properties of matter. A study of 

 the course of the ocean currents have proven that they 

 flow easterly all around the world, and are not de- 

 flected from that course, only so far as affected by the 

 coast line of the continents against which they impinge. 

 Of course there is some variation brought about in the 

 course by the action of the cold in the north and south 

 through the cooling action of cold upon the particles 

 of water, tending to union. And a further variation 

 brought about by the tendency of water to expand 

 when below a certain temperature. Also by impact 

 against the solid ice banks. 



However, the general trend of the waters of the 



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