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... tides in the Ocean ; the satellites and planets disturb each other's motions . Every particle of matter being possessed of an attracting power , the effect of the whole must be in proportion to the quantity of matter in the body ...
... tides in the Ocean ; the satellites and planets disturb each other's motions . Every particle of matter being possessed of an attracting power , the effect of the whole must be in proportion to the quantity of matter in the body ...
Page 119
... tides was first discovered by Kep- ler , who thus explains it . The orb of the attracting power , ( which is in the Moon , ) is extended as far as the earth , and draws the waters under the torrid zone ; acting upon places where it is ...
... tides was first discovered by Kep- ler , who thus explains it . The orb of the attracting power , ( which is in the Moon , ) is extended as far as the earth , and draws the waters under the torrid zone ; acting upon places where it is ...
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Tobias Ostrander. to make the theory of Tides in a manner quite his own , by discovering the cause of their rising on the side of the earth opposite to the Moon . For Kepler believed that the presence of the Moon occasioned an impulse ...
Tobias Ostrander. to make the theory of Tides in a manner quite his own , by discovering the cause of their rising on the side of the earth opposite to the Moon . For Kepler believed that the presence of the Moon occasioned an impulse ...
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... Tides much higher than they can be raised by the Sun. On this theory , ( so far as it has been ex- plained , ) the Tides ought to be the highest directly under , and opposite to the Moon ; that is , when the Moon is due north or south ...
... Tides much higher than they can be raised by the Sun. On this theory , ( so far as it has been ex- plained , ) the Tides ought to be the highest directly under , and opposite to the Moon ; that is , when the Moon is due north or south ...
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... Tides do not always answer to the same dis- tance of the Moon from the meridian at the same pla- ces , but are ... Tides most ; the con- trary happens when she is farthest , because of her weaker attraction . When both luminaries ...
... Tides do not always answer to the same dis- tance of the Moon from the meridian at the same pla- ces , but are ... Tides most ; the con- trary happens when she is farthest , because of her weaker attraction . When both luminaries ...
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angle apogee approach of centres Aries ascending node Astronomers attractive power body calculated centrifugal force Comets conjunction consequently descending diameter as seen difference Dominical letters earth Earth's shadow enter Table equal equator equinox fall fixed stars full Moon Geocentric longitude given gravity greatest grees H M. S. half Heavens heliocentric Herschel horary motion horizon Interrogations for Section Jupiter light longitude lunar Lunar Eclipses mean motion mean new Moon Middle apparent millions of miles minutes Moon in March Moon's mean anomaly Moon's node Moon's orbit Moon's true move nearer north pole Old Style opposite parallax penumbra performs a revolution perigee Pisces planet projectile force rays revolves rise round the Sun satellites Saturn seconds semi-diameter signs and degrees Solar System south pole subtract Sun and Moon Sun's distance Sun's mean anomaly Sun's mean distance Sun's true surface syzygy tance telescope Tides tion velocity Venus visible