Jones, H. Spencer (Harold Spencer), 1890- · London E. Arnold & co. · leaf 115
Actually there is a lag in the effect, so that the crest is notdirectly under the Moon and a further complication is intro-duced by the irregular contour of the ocean boundaries.Approximately, the crest is at about 90° distant from thepoint under the Moon, and there is a second crest… … «<* Fig. 40.- -Tlie Diurnal Inequalityin the Tides. attraction of the Moon on thewater covering our simplemodel will pull the sphericalboundary of the water intothe shape of a spheroid, butthe axis of the Earth willnot be the axis of the sphe-roid. This will be madeclear by Fig. 40, in whichthe…
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