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THE OCEAN.
of the sea at the same level during whole days. At the mouths of the
Mississippi, where the daily tide has a rise of little more than fourteen
inches, it is not less regular in its progress, and its total height each day
represents exactly the difference of level between the two composing
waves which have crossed each other. Finally, the tide at Tahiti, nearly
twelve inches high, is the result of many more oscillations; for four tides,
height infect*
Fig. 39.—Height of the Tides in St. George's Channel.
| Title | The ocean, atmosphere, and life |
| Creator | Reclus, Elisée |
| Publisher | Harper |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Date | 1873 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000127 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 112 THE OCEAN. of the sea at the same level during whole days. At the mouths of the Mississippi, where the daily tide has a rise of little more than fourteen inches, it is not less regular in its progress, and its total height each day represents exactly the difference of level between the two composing waves which have crossed each other. Finally, the tide at Tahiti, nearly twelve inches high, is the result of many more oscillations; for four tides, height infect* Fig. 39.—Height of the Tides in St. George's Channel. |
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