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" Tides, about this time, will rise higher, and fall lower, than they do when the Sun and Moon are at right angles to each other. "
The Ecology of Sandy Shores - Page 16
by A.C. Brown, Anton McLachlan - 2010 - 392 pages
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Public Ledger Almanacs: For the Years 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875

Almanacs, American - 1870 - 684 pages
...the consequence will be that the tides about this time will rise higher and fall lower than they do when the sun and moon are at right angles to each other When this latter condition obtains, their actiun U antagonistic, and we have a tide that never rise*...
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The Living Church Annual

1881 - 308 pages
...consequence will be, that the Tides, about this time, will , rise higher, and fall lower, than they do i when the Sun and Moon are at right angles to each other. When this latter condition obtains, their action is antagonistic, and we have a Tide that never rises...
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The American Manual of Useful, Interesting, and Instructive Information ...

William Harrison Starkey - 1884 - 300 pages
...concert ; and the consequence will be that the tides about this time will rise higher and fall lower than when the Sun and Moon are at right angles to each other. When the latter condition obtains, their action is antagonistic, and we have a tide that never rises...
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Moon Lore

Timothy Harley - History - 1885 - 326 pages
...conjunction, or in a straight line ; and the neap tide is caused by the moon being in quadrature, or when the sun and moon are at right angles to each other. They counteract each other's influence, and our tides are therefore low. So much is science ; but the...
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Pacific Municipalities, Volume 29

Municipal government - 1915 - 692 pages
...are produced, which are then known as spring tides. Again, the two forces tend to minimize each other when the sun and moon are at right angles to each other: at such times the tidal effects are least, which are then known as neap tides. Since the moon revolves...
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A New Geography on the Comparative Method: New and Improved Ed., with ...

John Miller Dow Meiklejohn - Geography - 1908 - 708 pages
...than the average at high-water, and falls lower "r* ^*~s than the average at low-water or ebb-tide. When the Sun and Moon are at right angles to each other, or In quadrature, the tide is produced by the difference of their forces, and is consequently SUN AND...
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California Coastal Resource Guide

California Coastal Commission - California - 1987 - 388 pages
...average; these tides, called spring tides, occur at new and full moon. At first- and third-quarter moon, when the sun and moon are at right angles to each other with respect to the earth, the sun's effect on the tides partially cancels the effect of the moon;...
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Between Pacific Tides: Fifth Edition

Edward Flanders Ricketts, Jack Calvin, Joel Walker Hedgpeth, David W. Phillips - Science - 1985 - 682 pages
...the year but with the Anglo-Saxon word "to jump," which we also use for certain mechanical devices). When the sun and moon are at right angles to each other, one week later, the tidal forces of the sun partially cancel those of the moon, and the result is tides...
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Planet Earth and the New Geoscience

Victor Schmidt, William Harbert - Science - 2003 - 448 pages
...Moon is in the same portion of the sky as the Sun or when the Moon is directly opposite to the Sun. When the Sun and Moon are at right angles to each other, the twin tidal bulges will not coincide. When the tidal bulges do coincide, we have extra large tides...
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Introduction to the Biology of Marine Life

James L. Sumich, John Francis Morrissey - Science - 2004 - 468 pages
...tide, creating several days of extra-high high tides and very-low low tides known as spring tides. One week later, when the sun and moon are at right angles to each other relative to the Earth, the solar tide partially cancels the effects of the lunar tide to produce moderate...
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