Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick), 1869- · New York, London, D. Appleton and company · leaf 121
or the Earth is topull the water of the ocean onthe side of the Earth nearestit, and this forms a bulge, orgreat wave, while on the otherside of the Earth the Moons attraction is smaller for the water than it is for the solid Earth, so the Earth is pulled away from the water. Thus two tidal waves… … HIGH TIDE Fig. 112.—Attraction ofMoon Causes the Tides the THE MOON, THE EARTHS DAUGHTER 101 waves each day there are two high tidesand two low tides at ev^ry place on theocean, but these are chiefly noticeableon the coasts. Fig. 112 shows the posi-tion of the Moon and the Earth, whilethe wavy…
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