Lewis, Paul G. [from old catalog] · [Sacramento, Cal., Schmitt-Bachman co. print] · leaf 10
moonhas the tendency to merely distort the surface of the earthto the extent of its power, while the rotation of the earthfurnishes the energy to this distortion so that the sameassumes the figure of a traveling tide. The tide of the moon is, therefore, only a traveling dis-tortion. \Ahen we… … Figure 8—REPRODUCTIVE TIDE The readers attention is now directed to that tide whichI have called the reproductive tide, such as is found inoperation in a medium of water and here represented byFigure 3. Most adults of our nation have seen the cappingwaves, and these have noticed the concave…
Cosmogony
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