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_ 2if4 sin (21/» — 1/;) + SJfe sin (31f° — l/g) + 



" ^ VM, + 2\Wi cos (2Jtf^— ilf4") + 3'Wo cos (31f §— ilf J) + 



2Mi sin (2Jf g — i¥S) — 3M, sin (3^2° — -M"£) + 



^^'''^ ~ — IW2 + 2W, cos (2^2» — Jf 5) - 3^ilf 6 cos (SMI — M^)+.. . .' 



From (1) and (2) we obtain 



7fW/ = 7h. 21.5111. LWI =lh. 09Am. 



The corresponding values from the First Eed action were 



ff]FI = 7h. 22.8m. i]f/ = Ih. 11.8m. 



which, considering the great difference in methods, i,s regarded as a very fair 

 agreement. 



The sun's effect upon the time of tide is sometimes to accelerate and some- 

 times to retard its occurrence, according to the moon's phase or the relative 

 positions of the moon and sun. The priming of the tides is the period when the 

 tides occur sooner than the average, which roughly speaking usually occurs 

 from new or full moon to the quadratures; and the lagging of the tides is the 

 period during which they occur later than the average, which is approximately 

 from the quadratures to new or full moon. The theoretical limits of this 

 variation in lunitidal interval due to priming and lagging of the tide are 

 given by the following formulas : 



Mean minimum ffWI = ffWT — ^^^ (3) 



" maximum HWI = HWI+ — J.-^ (4) 



Extreme minimum HWI = HWI— j ^'^^\^' ^ (5) 



" maximum HWI = HWI+ ^^Mil^^ . (g) 



For Nassau we obtain from (3), (4), (5), and (6), the following values: 

 Least lunitidal intervals due to phase or priming of the tides. 



Mean Minimum Extreme minimum 



HWI = 7h. 01.3m. ■ 7/117 = 6h. 53.6m. 



Greatest lunitidal intervals due to phase or lagging of the tides. 



Mean maximum Extreme maximum 



HWI = 7h. 44.3m. JIWI = 7h. 52.0m. 



The extreme values for priming and lagging occur when the moon is in 

 apogee at the time of the equinoxes, and the moon is between three and four 

 days from the new or full. 



