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The cause of the tides discovered by Kepler

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The cause of the Tides was discovered by Kepler, who, in his Introduction to the Physics of the Heavens, thus explains it: “The Orb of the attracting power, which is in the Moon, is extended as far as the Earth; and draws the waters under the torrid Zone, acting upon places where it is vertical, insensibly on confined seas and bays, but sensibly on the ocean whose beds are large, and the waters have the liberty of reciprocation; that is, of rising and falling.”

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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Astronomy Explained Upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles, by James Ferguson Published 1847
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