 For, if the sun and moon are on the same side of the earth, they both pull the same way, and their attractive power is united ; if they are on opposite sides...  Boston School Atlas - Page 76de Benjamin Franklin Edmands - 1841 - 75 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Jedidiah Morse, Sidney Edwards Morse - 1822 - 398 pages
...of the earth, the whole illuminated half of the moon is then presented towards the earth, and it is full moon ; but when the sun and moon are on the same side of the earth, the dark half is then presented towards the earth, and it is new moon. An eclipse of the moon is caused by its... | |
 | George Newenham Wright - 1834 - 662 pages
...draw in the same straight line ; consequently the sea must be more elevated. At the conjunction, or when the sun and moon are on the same side of the earth, they both conspire to raise the waters in the zenith, and consequently in the nadir also ; and at the... | |
 | 1841 - 598 pages
...waters on that side of the earth next to the moon, and a similar result is produced at the antipodes. When the sun and moon are on the same side of the earth, the effect is increased, and when they are in opposition, it is diminished. A nearer approach of a smaller... | |
 | Joseph Blunt - 1843 - 290 pages
...waters on that side of the earth next to the moon, and a similar result is produced at the antipodes. When the sun and moon are on the same side of the earth, the effect is increased, and when they are in opposition, it is diminished. A nearer approach of a smaller... | |
 | William Guthrie - 1843 - 848 pages
...actions of the sun nud moon are united, and draw iu the same straight elevated. At the conjunction, or when the sun and moon are on the same side of the earth, they conspire to raice the waters In the zenith, and, consequently, in the nadir, and at the opposition,... | |
 | Harvey Goodwin - 1846 - 500 pages
...In order to determine the result of their combined action, it will be sufficient to observe, that if the sun and moon are on the same side of the earth, or the moon in geocentric conjunction, the action of the two will be combined, and we may suppose the... | |
 | John Brocklesby - 1855 - 394 pages
...opposite sides of the globe, we will explain this point a little more particularly. In Fig. 80, where the sun and moon are on the same side of the earth, it is the time of new moon, and a spring tide occurs. From the reasoning employed in Arts. 681-2, it... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1858 - 662 pages
...the sun, moon, and earth are in the same straight line, there are spring tides — and this whether the sun and moon are on the same side of the earth or the contrary. How is it that the actions of the sun and moon, when they are on contrary sides (which... | |
 | William Lawson (F.R.G.S.) - 1864 - 104 pages
...or in opposition, as at full moon, then the tides are greatest, and are called Spring tides. For, if the sun and moon are on the same side of the earth, they both pull the same way, and their attractive power is united ; if they are on opposite sides of... | |
 | William Lawson (F.R.G.S.) - 1864 - 360 pages
...or in opposition, as at full moon, then the tides are greatest, and are called Spring tides. For, if the sun and moon are on the same side of the earth, they both pull the same way, and their attractive power is united ; if they are on opposite sides of... | |
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