Astronomy for the use of schools and academies (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908, Rolfe, W. J. (William James), 1827-1910 · New York : Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 88
way that it may, in some cases, be many hours, or even awhole day, behind its time. Sometimes two waves meet,eachother, and raise a very high tide. In some places the tides … Fig. 87. run up a long bay, where the motion of a large mass of waterwill cause an enormous tide to be raised. In the Bay ofFundy both of these causes are combined. A tidal wave com-ing up the Atlantic coast meets the ocean wave from theeast, and, entering the bay with their combined force, they 72…
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