Introductory material
Reading edition
Tides. Occasioned by the attraction of the sun and moon, and their centrifugal forces; exemplified by an experiment. Spring and neap tides. Tides not highest directly under and opposite the moon, but after she has passed the meridian. They are later and later every day. Rule for finding the proportional magnitudes of the planets compared with the earth; or the proportion that one globe bears to another. A cube number, what. Table of roots, squares, and cubes; an example. Rule for finding the mean distances of the planets from the sun. Dr. Turner’s rule for extracting the cube root; an example to explain the rule. Example to find the mean distance of Mercury from the sun. Table of diameters, &c. Conclusion.
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