A compendium of astronomy; containing the elements of the science, familiarly explained and illustrated, with the latest discoveries. Adapted to the use of schools and academies, and of the general reader (1850)
Olmsted, Denison, 1791-1859 · New York, R. B. Collins · leaf 173
iations in the moons distance have a strikingeffect. The tides which happen when the moon is inperigee, are considerably greater than when she is inapogee ; and if she happens to be in perigee at the timeof the syzigies, the Spring tide is unusually high.When this happens at the equinoxes, the…
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