Treatise on natural philosophy . Fig. 2. G,b.] TIDAL FRICTION. 513 convenient to print, and accordingly fig. 1 gives them as drawn Graphical with the free hand. As the zero of energy is quite arbitrary, the origin for the energy curve is displaced downwards, and this prevents the two curves from crossing one another in a confusing manner. The same remark applies also to figs. 2 and 3. Fig. 1 is eiToneous principally in that the curve of rigidityought to approach its horizontal asymptote much more rapidly,so that it would be difficult in a drawing to scale to distinguishthe points of intersecti
Treatise on natural philosophy . Fig. 2. G,b.] TIDAL FRICTION. 513 convenient to print, and accordingly fig. 1 gives them as drawn Graphical with the free hand. As the zero of energy is quite arbitrary, the origin for the energy curve is displaced downwards, and this prevents the two curves from crossing one another in a confusing manner. The same remark applies also to figs. 2 and 3. Fig. 1 is eiToneous principally in that the curve of rigidityought to approach its horizontal asymptote much more rapidly,so that it would be difficult in a drawing to scale to distinguishthe points of intersection £ and D. Fig. 2 exhibits the same curves, but drawn to scale, anddesigned to be applicable to the case of the earth and moon,that is to say, when h= i AXIS OFORBITAL MOMENTUM^
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