Time and Tide: A Romance of the Moon

Time and Tide: A Romance of the Moon

Time and Tide: A Romance of the MoonHaving been honoured once again with a request that I...
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Author: Ball, Robert S. (Robert Stawell),1840-1913
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Time and Tide: A Romance of the Moon

Time and Tide: A Romance of the Moon

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Time and Tide: A Romance of the Moon

Dhs. 46.55 Dhs. 23.26
Author: Ball, Robert S. (Robert Stawell),1840-1913
Format: eBook
Language: English

Time and Tide: A Romance of the Moon

Having been honoured once again with a request that I should lecture before the London Institution, I chose for my subject the Theory of Tidal Evolution. The kind reception which these lectures received has led to their publication in the present volume. I have taken the opportunity to supplement the lectures as actually delivered by the insertion of some additional matter. I am indebted to my friends Mr. Close and Mr. Rambaut for their kindness in reading the proofs. Robert S. Ball. Observatory, Co. Dublin, April 26, 1889. It is my privilege to address you this afternoon on a subject in which science and poetry are blended in a happy conjunction. If there be a peculiar fascination about the earlier chapters of any branch of history, how great must be the interest which attaches to that most primeval of all terrestrial histories which relates to the actual beginnings of this globe on which we stand. In our efforts to grope into the dim recesses of this awful past, we want the aid of some steadfast light which shall illumine the dark places without the treachery of the will-o'-the-wisp. In the absence of that steadfast light, vague conjectures as to the beginning of things could never be[10] entitled to any more respect than was due to mere matters of speculation. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 24236
Author: Ball, Robert S. (Robert Stawell)
Release Date: Jan 10, 2008
Format: eBook
Language: English

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