Fifth book of lessons for the use of schools . orbit, the sun, instead of affording assistance, weakensher power by acting in opposition to it; and smallertid«s are produced, called Since attraction is mutual between the moon and theaarth, we produce tides in the moon; and these aremore considerable, in proportion as our planet is the moon nor the earth in reality assumes anoval form, for the land which intersects the water des-troys the regularity of the effect. The orbit of themoon being nearly parallel to that of the earth, she isnever vertical but to the inhabit
Fifth book of lessons for the use of schools . orbit, the sun, instead of affording assistance, weakensher power by acting in opposition to it; and smallertid«s are produced, called Since attraction is mutual between the moon and theaarth, we produce tides in the moon; and these aremore considerable, in proportion as our planet is the moon nor the earth in reality assumes anoval form, for the land which intersects the water des-troys the regularity of the effect. The orbit of themoon being nearly parallel to that of the earth, she isnever vertical but to the inhabitants of the torrid zone;in that climate, therefore, the tides are greatest, andthey diminish as you recede from it and approach thepoles; but in no part of the globe is the moon immedi-ately above the spot where it is high tide. All matter,by its inertia, offers some resistance to a change ofstate; the waters, therefore, do not readily yield to. theattraction of the moon, and the effect of her influenceis not complete until some time after she has passedthe meridian. THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OP FLUIDS. 31*. The ;arth revolves on its axis in about twenty-fourhours: if the moon were stati
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