The heavens above: a popular handbook of astronomy (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908 · New York, Chicago, Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 91
ets the ocean wave from theeast, and, entering the bay with their combined force, they 72 ASTRONOMY. raise the water at the head of it to the height of sixty orseventy feet. 75. Spring-Tides and Neap-Tides.—The sun producesa tide as well as the moon ; but the tide-producing forceof the sun is only… … or third quarter, the two forces act against each other;the tide-producing force is the difference of the two; theebb and flow are less than the average ; and we have theneap-tides. Fig. 86 shows the tide that would be produced by themoon alone; Fig. 87, the tide produced by the combinedaction of…
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