Olmsted, Denison, 1791-1859. [from old catalog] · New York, R. B. Collins · leaf 172
on the surface, moving freely under this impulse,endeavor to desert the solid mass and fall towards themoon. For a similar reason the waters in the oppositehemisphere falling less towards the moon than the solidearth are left behind, or appear to rise from the centerof the earth. 196. Let DEFG… … cular ring exterior to it, the covering of waters. Let Cbe the center of gravity of the solid mass, A that of thehemisphere next to the moon, (for the center of gravityof a ring is within the ring,) and B that of the remoterhemisphere. Now the force of attraction exerted bythe moon, acts in the…
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