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Show Tho Hydrograhlo utile at Washington, Wash-ington, lo yriri ago, Instituted a plan by which the currents of Ihe Allantlo ocean roul I be determined. The plau rontlalrd lu 1st ling to tn.tr Inert In-ert In various rts of the wrorlJ slip of lr, irlutetl lu U different hnguajif, with Ilia rniurst that at certain rl of tin Ir vot agu the namo of the ship, date, latitude and longitude long-itude b written thereon, placed In a buttle and then tent adrlll. llotlle dropped In tint (lulf stream oil KlorlJa, have been found on Ihe writ coaat of Hrolland. Thrao drutd In mid-on mid-on an Utween tlieAiore and Tortu-galaparonlhe Tortu-galaparonlhe coast of Africa. One Imltlo set adrift off Jupiter Inlet, Florida, Flor-ida, on the Will of May, UOI, was picked up on the coast of Hcotland Kik 10, 1501, having traveled SdIO ml It i In &3 day. The conclusion has been arrived at that the Atlantic ocean ronsltlaof two glgantlo eddies, one In the north, revolving from loft lo tight, and one lu tho aoutli from right to lift. |