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World-life; or, Comparative geology (1883)

Winchell, Alexander, 1824-1891 · Chicago, S.C. Griggs and company · leaf 274

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each revolution. As the viscosity of the tide-bearing medium increases,the position of t in Figure 42 moves around farther easton the parallel C C C C. At length, with further suppos-able increase of viscosity, the amount of lagging becomes90°. At this point the increase of obhquity ceases.Beyond… … Fig. 45, —Tidal Increase and DiminutionOF Obliquity. Figure 45, where theequator and parallelsand plane of the orbitof the tide-producer(wi A) are seen, froman infinite distance,projected in straightlines. M is the pro-jection of the tide-pro-ducer. When the pro-jection of the retarda-tion is m t,…

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