Popular Lectures and Addresses: Geology and general physicsMacmillan and Company, 1894 - Всего страниц: 654 |
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... moon and the earth must tend , in virtue of the tides , to diminish the rapidity of the carth's rotation , and increase the moment of the moon's motion round the earth . 8. The tidal spheroid , " you must understand , is not a reality ...
... moon and the earth must tend , in virtue of the tides , to diminish the rapidity of the carth's rotation , and increase the moment of the moon's motion round the earth . 8. The tidal spheroid , " you must understand , is not a reality ...
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... moon's effect alone , is called the luni - tidal spheroid ; and that for the sun is called the soli - tidal spheroid ... moon or sun.1 When the joint 1 This assertion is founded not on observation , but on dynamical principles . It ...
... moon's effect alone , is called the luni - tidal spheroid ; and that for the sun is called the soli - tidal spheroid ... moon or sun.1 When the joint 1 This assertion is founded not on observation , but on dynamical principles . It ...
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... moon ; but that of the soli - tidal spheroid would be perpendicular to the line joining the earth's and moon's centres . In this case , the times of spring tides would be those of quarter moons . In the first of these two unreal cases ...
... moon ; but that of the soli - tidal spheroid would be perpendicular to the line joining the earth's and moon's centres . In this case , the times of spring tides would be those of quarter moons . In the first of these two unreal cases ...
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... moon's attraction on the two protuberances . 12. But the waters do not get pulled back by the moon as a whole . They are , as a whole , drawn along with the solid carth by friction on the bottom , and by friction of water on water ...
... moon's attraction on the two protuberances . 12. But the waters do not get pulled back by the moon as a whole . They are , as a whole , drawn along with the solid carth by friction on the bottom , and by friction of water on water ...
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... moon's motion ; but , on the contrary , the action of that force is to retard her motion . It is a curious fact easily explained , that a force continually acting forward with the moon's motion will tend , in the long run , to make the ...
... moon's motion ; but , on the contrary , the action of that force is to retard her motion . It is a curious fact easily explained , that a force continually acting forward with the moon's motion will tend , in the long run , to make the ...
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Popular Lectures and Addresses: Geology and general physics William Thomson Baron Kelvin Полный просмотр - 1894 |
Popular Lectures and Addresses: Geology and general physics William Thomson Baron Kelvin Полный просмотр - 1894 |
Popular Lectures and Addresses: Geology and general physics William Thomson Baron Kelvin Полный просмотр - 1894 |
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