Elements of astronomy ..with explanatory notes, and questions for examination . NEAP TIDE QUADRATURE. the excess of attraction exerted by the sun and moon, todraw the waters from the centre of the earth, thus ren-dering them lighter than usual. Around Ox there is adeficiency of solar and lunar attraction, and the waters inthis region are drawn down less than usual toward thecentre of the earth, they are consequently more bulkythan common and accordingly sivell outward. 695. In Fig. 81, the sun and moon are on opposite sidesof the earth. The moon is at her full, and a spring tidenow also occurs
Elements of astronomy ..with explanatory notes, and questions for examination . NEAP TIDE QUADRATURE. the excess of attraction exerted by the sun and moon, todraw the waters from the centre of the earth, thus ren-dering them lighter than usual. Around Ox there is adeficiency of solar and lunar attraction, and the waters inthis region are drawn down less than usual toward thecentre of the earth, they are consequently more bulkythan common and accordingly sivell outward. 695. In Fig. 81, the sun and moon are on opposite sidesof the earth. The moon is at her full, and a spring tidenow also occurs. At O the sun produces a high tide byhis excess of attraction and the moon here causes a hightide by her deficiency of attraction, since that which is thenearest hemisphere to the sun is the farthest from themoon. At O1 the moons excess of attraction gives rise tothe lunar high tide, while the suns deficiency of attrac-tion causes here likewise a solar high tide; for in this casethe hemisphere which is nearest to the moon is the mostremote from the sun. 696. Time of the tid
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