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Excerpt from Elementary Theory of the Tides: The Fundamental Theorems Demonstrated Without Mathematics, and the Influence on the Length
M12 or Ma:2 me2, i.e. As the moon's force at E force at it; therefore, if Ma: represent the moon's force at at, Ma will represent the force at E in magnitude and direction, and the difference or disturbing force will be represented in magnitude and direction by am. In order to have a fixed scale we must represent the force at the centre by me. On this scale am is in the nearer hemisphere too small.
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