The book of stars; being a simple explanation of the stars and their uses to boy life, written to conform to the tests of the Boy scouts (1915)
Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick), 1869- · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 119
th 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 centrif-ugal force acts stronger on the water than the attraction ofthe Moon, and this pulls the water in the opposite direction.Thus two tidal waves… … HIGH TIDE Fig. 112.—Attraction of theMoon Causes the Tides. THE MOON, THE EARTHS DAUGHTER 101 waves each day there are two high tidesand two low tides at every 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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