A new treatise on astronomy, and the use of globes : in two parts ... (1866)
M'Intire, James, 1799-1879 · New York : Published by A.S. Barnes & Burr ... · leaf 188
he moon, the lateral, andopposite parts, affected aa to their specific gravity, by the inequalities ofthe moons action ? If the earth were entnely solid, what impressionwould her unequal action make on the different particles ? But since alarge portion of the external surface is composed of water,… … by the attractive force which is inversely as the squares of thedistances of those parts; hence, the specific gravity of thewaters from C and D, where the moon appears in the horizon,to A where she is vertical, will diminish. Again, the waterson the several parts of the opposite hemisphere C B D,…
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