The heavens above: a popular handbook of astronomy (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908 · New York, Chicago, Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 90
ngto the inertia of the water, some time is necessary for so slighta force to set it in motion; and, once in motion, it continuesso after the force has ceased, and until it has acted some timein the opposite direction. Therefore, if the motion of the ASTRONOMY. 71 water were unimpeded, it would not… … way that it may, in some cases, be many hours, or even awhole day, behind its time. Sometimes two waves meet eachother, and raise a very high tide. In some places the tides
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