Winchell, Alexander, 1824-1891 · Chicago, S.C. Griggs and company · leaf 261
motions are from west toeast, the crest of the tide will be to the east of the zenithposition of the tide-producing body. In other words, toan observer at the apex of the tide, the tide-producingbody will have passed the zenith. Thus, if O and C be thecentres of the two bodies concerned, and the… … Fig. 41.—Illustrating a Lagging Tide. A by the angular distance BOA. This circumstance,due to the viscosity of the body O, gives rise to some veryinteresting deductions. These I will now endeavor tomake plain. (1.) The lagging of the tide tends to a retardation ofthe rotary motion of the…
Nebular hypothesis · Cosmogony
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