Elements of theoretical and descriptive astronomy, for the use of colleges and academies (1901)
White, Charles J · New York: J. Wiley & sons · leaf 157
hangeplaces with reference to the moon. I 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 JK is less than A 0. Wesee, then, that at both A and I the two daily… … Fig. 63. TIDES. 119 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 tideaare sensibly equal, as may readily be seen from the figure. 168. General Laws.—As far as the…
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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)
