 | James Smith (author of the Panorama of science and art.) - Industrial arts - 1859 - 966 pages
...moon is vertical, be of a uniform depth, and extended from east to west, over the whole globe. They are so retarded in their passage through different...happen at all distances of the moon from the meridian ; consequently at all hours of the lunar day. The tide propagated by the moon in the German ocean,... | |
 | George William Fitch - Physical geography - 1867 - 142 pages
...form of shores, so retard the progress of the undulation, that high water happens at all distances o the moon from the meridian, and consequently at all hours of the day. Differences of local situation cause great differences as to the height to which the tide rises.... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1876 - 818 pages
...and the diversified form of shores, so retard the progress of the undulation, that high water happens at all distances of the moon from the meridian, and consequently at all hours of the day. 7. Differences of local situation cause great differences ag to the height to which the tide rises.... | |
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Differences of local situation cause great differences as to the height to which the tide rises. In the central parts of the ocean the height is comparatively small, seldom exceeding three feet, but in rushing up contracted channels the... 
