Excerpt from Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester, Vol. 10<br><br>Thus, all these writers concur in representing the rotatory motion of the earth as the great cause of the oceanic currents that are found within the tropical regions. This rotatory motion causing the tropical parts of the land to move east ward at a high velocity, as it undoubtedly does, it is assumed that the waters of the ocean must be left behind. But for this assumption there does not appear to be any sufficient reason assigned, nor indeed is any plausible reason given.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.