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THE moon and the earth revolve in an orbit about their centre of inertia, and the centrifugal force due to the revolution exercises an unequal repulsion on the various parts of the earth; the moon also attracts the nearer parts of the earth more strongly than the remote parts. The differential action arising from these two forces is the cause of the tides.
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DARWIN, G. On Tidal Prediction1. Nature 43, 609–615 (1891). https://doi.org/10.1038/043609a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/043609a0
