The elements of theoretical and descriptive astronomy, for the use of colleges and academies (1901)
White, Charles J. (Charles Joyce), 1839-1917 · New York, J. Wiley & sons; · leaf 153
changeplaces with reference to the moon, /will then be where A isin the figure, and will have a tide with the height A G, whileA 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. 149 daily inequality of tides may be shown to exist at any otherooints on th^ 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 influence…
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![An illustration from Nicolai Copernici Torinensis De reuolutionibus orbium coelestium, libri VI : Habes in hoc opere iam recens nato, & aedito, studiose lector, motus stellarum, tam fixarum, quàm erraticarum, cum ex ueteribus, tum etiam ex recentibus obseruationibus restitutos: & nouis insuper ac admirabilibus hypothesibus ornatos. Habes etiam tabulas expeditissimas, ex quibus eosdem ad quoduis tempus quàm facillime caculare poteris. Igitur eme, lege, fruere. [Line in Greek] (1543)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-nicolaicopernici00cope-383-265.webp)
