The Tides

12 hours actual Aden attraction average axis barometer calculation centimetres centrifugal force chapter circle coast consider cotidal lines crank crests curve deflection density depth direction distance diurnal inequality drum earth's centre earth's rotation earth's surface effect equal equator equilibrium theory estuary exactly fact feet figure free period free wave gravity harmonic analysis height Hence high-water horizontal ideal satellites inches intervals kilometres lake Lake of Geneva latitude length Lord Kelvin low-water lunar tide measure meridian metres millimetre minutes moon moon's passage motion move nearly noon numbers nutation ocean orbit oscillation partial tides pendulum planet Posidonius pressure principal lunar Rambler Island range revolves rise and fall round the earth seiches shallow shows slope solar tide solid earth stars successive suppose tidal constants tidal force tidal friction tidal load tidal prediction tide-curve tide-gauge tide-generating force tide-table tide-wave tion vertical whilst