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Quote: tides are caused by the motion of the earth jostling the seas, like a barge full of water

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[Salviati:] Now, gentlemen, what the barge does with … containing it, is precisely the same as what … contained does with respect to the Mediterranean basin, … [Thus the tides are caused by the fact that the Earth moves and at differing rates.] … [p. 457] [Salviati:] From this I conclude that very … sufficient to make great changes in them in …   Google-1   Google-2

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