Brocklesby, John, 1811-1889. [from old catalog] · New York, Sheldon and company · leaf 289
hatthere are daily two high tides and two low tides The in-terval of time between two successive high or low tides,is about 12h. 25m. Accordingly when there is a hightide at any place, as New York, for instance, there mustalso be a high tide on the opposite side of the globe, andthe same is true in… … HIGH AND LOW TIDES 679. A marked correspondence exists between themotion of the tides and the motion of the moon. If to-dayat 10 A. M., it is high tide in a certain harbor, it will behigh tide to morrow in the same harbor at 10h. 50m.28sec. A. M. The interval therefore that elapses be-tween any…
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