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... Moon Theory insufficient without Observation — Direction of the Tidal Wave - Height of Tides — Mass of Moon obtained from her Action on the Tides — Interference of Undulations - Impossibility of a Universal Inundation - Currents .
... Moon Theory insufficient without Observation — Direction of the Tidal Wave - Height of Tides — Mass of Moon obtained from her Action on the Tides — Interference of Undulations - Impossibility of a Universal Inundation - Currents .
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Tides - Forces that produce them Origin and Course of Tidal Wave - Its Speed — Three kinds of Oscillations in the Ocean - The Semidiurnal Tides Equinoctial Tides Effects of the Declination of the Sun and Moon Theory insufficient without ...
Tides - Forces that produce them Origin and Course of Tidal Wave - Its Speed — Three kinds of Oscillations in the Ocean - The Semidiurnal Tides Equinoctial Tides Effects of the Declination of the Sun and Moon Theory insufficient without ...
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This great wave , which follows all the motions of the moon as far as the rotation of the earth will permit , is modified by the action of the sun , the effects of whose attraction are in every respect like those produced by the moon ...
This great wave , which follows all the motions of the moon as far as the rotation of the earth will permit , is modified by the action of the sun , the effects of whose attraction are in every respect like those produced by the moon ...
Page 93
A succession of tidal waves from that source follow one another in a north - westerly direction down the Pacific and ... penetrating to the abyss of the deep and boundless circuit of the Southern Ocean , raises a vast wave or ridge of ...
A succession of tidal waves from that source follow one another in a north - westerly direction down the Pacific and ... penetrating to the abyss of the deep and boundless circuit of the Southern Ocean , raises a vast wave or ridge of ...
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The part of this tidal wave that enters the Atlantic passes impetuously along the coasts of Africa and America , arriving later and later at each place . It is modified , however , by a tide raised in the Atlantic , which is deep and ...
The part of this tidal wave that enters the Atlantic passes impetuously along the coasts of Africa and America , arriving later and later at each place . It is modified , however , by a tide raised in the Atlantic , which is deep and ...
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| Title | On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences |
| Author | Mary Somerville |
| Edition | 9 |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1858 |
| Original from | National Library of the Netherlands |
| Digitized | 18 Jan 2013 |
| Length | 523 pages |
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