The heavens above: a popular handbook of astronomy (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908 · New York, Chicago, Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 87
73. Cause of the Tides.— It has been known toseafaring nations from aremote antiquity that thereis a singular connectionbetween the ebb and flowof the tides and the diur-nal motion of the moon. ^ This tidal movement in seeming obedience to the moon wasa mystery until the study of the law of…
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