The elements of theoretical and descriptive astronomy, for the use of colleges and academies (1872)
White, Charles J. (Charles Joyce), 1839-1917 · Philadelphia, Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger · leaf 156
angeplaces with reference to the moon. J wall then be where A isin the figure, and will have a tide with the height A G, wThileA will be where J is now, and will have a tide with the heightIK. It is not necessary to prove that IK is less than A G. Wesee, then, that at both A and I the two daily… … TIDES. l4*J daily inequality of tides may be shown to exist at any otherpoints on the earths surface, as, for instance, at L and 0. Atthe equator, however, and also at the poles, the two daily tidesare sensibly equal, as may readily be seen from the figure. 168. General Laws.—As far as the…
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