 There is generally an interval of one or two days between full moon or new moon and the greatest range of the tide. And a like interval is found between the first and third quarters of the moon and the smallest tides.  A Practical Manual of Tides and Waves - Seite 41von William Henry Wheeler - 1906 - 201 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
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...merid1an of the sun in her orbital transit around the earth and approaches the quarters the tides beg1n to 'fall off,' or are 'nipped,' and neap tides ensue....when the meridian is reached spring tides ensue." WHKELER, A PRACTICAL MANUAL OF TIDES AND WAVES 49 (1906). Spring tides are also referred to as those... | |
 | Aaron Louis Shalowitz - 1962 - 788 Seiten
...quarters of the moon and the smallest tides." Id., p. II. The origin of the terms spring and neap tides "is probably due to the fact that as the moon leaves the meridian of the sun in her orbital round the earth and approaches the quarters the tides begin to 'fall off' or are 'nipped,' and neap... | |
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