CHAPTER VI 



OBSERVATIONS ON THE MOVEMENT OF 

 THE TIDE GO FAR TOWARD ESTAB- 

 LISHING BEYOND DOUBT THE POWER 

 OF THE SUN IN PROPELLING; AND 

 COLD AIDING SAME BY A TENDENCY 

 TO UNION OF MATTER, IN CARRYING 

 ON THE REVOLUTION OF THE EARTH 

 ON ITS AXIS. 



The tide is caused twice a day by the sun taking 

 a lift on each ocean during the period of the day at 

 which it leans to the west sufficiently to bring its power 

 of propulsion to bear obliquely with regard to the 

 planet. The sun sinking in the west so as to bring its 

 rays to bear on the surface of the Atlantic. The At- 

 lantic being a convex surface laid out against the sky 

 where the sun is sinking down in the west, and the sun's 

 rays being brought to bear obliquely so as to tend to 

 lift the waters off at a tangent from the convex body. 

 In consequence the sun lifts the waters off toward 

 Europe. The w ? aters necessitating a certain period 

 of time after the lift to flow to the European continent, 

 and the tide with regard to European regions in con- 

 sequence. 



Some hours after the setting of the sun in the At- 



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