Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1910 — Waves of Water. [ARTICLE]

Waves of Water.

Slow rivers are those which flow at the rate of three to seven miles per hour. The largest gulf in the world is the gulf of Mexico—Boo,ooo square miles—almost twice as big as the bay of Bengal. Investigation shows that the waves of the Atlantic are probably larger than those of any other body of water, teaching forty-two feet. Waves of this lize look much higher from the fleck )f a vessel.