A new manual of the elements of astronomy, descriptive and mathematical .. (1868)
Kiddle, Henry, 1824-1891 · New York, Ivison, Phinney, Blakeman & co.; Chicago, S.C. Griggs & co. · leaf 150
nd D, is to equalize the height of the water all over theearth. The pupil must understand in inspecting these diagrams, that theactual effect of the sun or moon is not, by any means, so great as is repre- Qttestions.—b. Practically, is this computed from the moons mass? 199. What arespring tides ?… … a. Since the tidal force of the moon is so much greater than that ofthe sun, it is the passage of the former across the meridian that deter-mines the rising of the tide at any place, this lunar tide being eitheraugmented or diminished by the inferior tidal force of the sun. b. The tides not only…
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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-187-104.webp)
