Olmsted, Denison, 1791-1859. [from old catalog] · New York, R. B. Collins · leaf 176
the diagram, therefore, drawn injust proportions, the alteration of figure produced by the tides wouldbe wholly insensible. TIDES. 161 the height of one tide T2 and the other tide T3.The tides are in this case greatest at the equator, anddiminish gradually to the poles, where it will be lowwater… … tide when the moon is on the superior meridian, and T2for the height at the same time on the inferior me-ridian. Therefore, all places north of the equator willhave the highest tide when the moon is above the hor-izon, and the lowest when she is below it; the differ-ence of the tides diminishing…
Astronomy
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