Show TUK THE ot 0 THE HUES 1 ahi 1 h ar fth berth ath ST or too patr r ad n of the pt of lb ili ST bloda from it ician point of view the world work dune done by the is liaf of noo peake ble whence I 1 his cur cor ry fy liv rived with bollich bacu tto the tides do it laiu adu arc by 1 the moon he energy po see must ISO b be derived train irom the ibo moon this it looka but bill unfortunately it is not truo from 10 would it be tiao to res sort that tha 1 alio he fidger of the lifler uen which pul Is thu the aroi the ib alch ibo e fillo allitt to la of fc u r it at we would u id 1 no I I 1 he energy is drivon lea atom the iho capio of lion der and the r ul of uie the trigger is t merdy the iho means by ilich that energy Is libern tro in ft a similar the tb tidal tided wave produced by br the ibe moon li is the toenail clero auro by a part of tho the energy stored lored in 0 o the carb Is if compelled to a e ex z pend itself la in work ork let JAI me illustrate at e this by a comparison between the iho earth 01 oo 00 lie ax RC and tho the gyl loci of so engine the flywheel Is a sort ort of loin which the coplon pours pour its li power at t each kii ol of the iho Pl piilua tho the ma machinton chinto in the mill merely draw oil ad the power from the la the n wheel the is like k gir antic ily chael from the bo do still coo with the IQ in the mul mill la that mighty fly a bin alto r dd ands quantity of energy Is I 1 stated up P to a dou quantity y oj of en ell erg ergy would be given out wore that fly flywheel heel would come to rest the car attruia la tho the reffer voir from whence ilo ilia chieff draw the energy they require for doing 1010 lolo work ileum kl IL to that though th the tilles are rc caused by the abo motto i yet tt whenever they require coor energy LEAC ilcy drw draw on OD iho file supply ready to ladd lo 10 tho ho sit of abo carah III th tho carah liters from the flywheel oi of the engine in 6 vert terr important point As aft the energy Is withdraw n from the ay flywheel by the in the mill 0 o it 1 ia ed thereto by abo power ol of ayabe the tb steam engine and the fly y rum MCI un no cat but tho the earth Is IB merely tho the fly wheel without abo th 0 engine ben the ibe work dono done by the liddo jd withdraw energy imm tho the earth that energy to la never nevern restored stored it therefore ther cloro follows follow that the be earths rotation most moil be decreasing thu that leads to a consequence of the main importance attelle us clint the baag wt with 1 ti which tho the earth rotates on 0 its it axis f bialla ishi g wo we coo tao state the result to IQ a mann t r which bag baa I 1 he hb of f are increasing the abo length of abo t baday jar at present no DO doubt the effect of the be tides in ID changing the length or him day la Is very small email A day dow now is IM oot dot appreciably longer than I 1 day a hurd Afy yeara e a ago 90 even in a than und nt care cm the 0 chano change to IQ the length or of abc E day do la a odly y it a fraction or a IS dot of 1 abo I in I 1 r cc from ilia bo ie bat kin ango slow anowai as it is if labain lw Bain in ono ODO direction the day Is continually increasing la or year iho accumulated effect dot only bill even or of start ling thu e hange to in the length of the ibo day do mut must il dvolve st on change IQ in tb abo a motion 0 ol 01 the moon if the moon sets on OD the ibo c grill and retards regards the rotation of the ho earth canby to 60 Cony moly does doca the ibe earth react upon the ibo eown the earth cartti Js Is tormented by tho the moon so d it ondres to drive away its ita persecutor at the ibo entire earth at a distance or of about miles the reaction or of the ibo earth tends lends to in vaille that thai di distinct dial iriM sod nil to tome the hoa to 0 o revolve in an Q orbit which is continually getting larg jarg lr ir sod nod As AJ tho thousand wands of years roll on 00 the ilia length or of tho the increases second by second and tle di distinct dist ioro of tilt moon mile by mile A CollI million tion years ago the day pro probably baLly DE did boots jut IL than our bar day of twenty lour four hours bourn our oar does docs not dot halt here wo we at doe project our view buck back to 10 an aa to 10 credibly remote epoch which was ft at crisis lit la the history or of our oil it mut have been a at t lelot lacfi t years yean ago it roay may have linen very much curlier this crisis WAS the in ai the lawn was wai lora boro f ibe be ten ot at wu obly ably a its fur hours boun if woe wo call so 11 it muree hours hou we shell not io be far horn front the nuta OU may think that thai it ii we w back A c oot se to 0 a still earlier would mccoma still till lam im slid thle this Is bovie vernot ila ibo CB came the diy daiy can never fiovo five lem much feat thia than three hours to la the tb prose pacot at oriler r der ot of thing everybody knows ba i the carth la Is not ft a sphere but there is a protuberance fit the equator so 0 o that chat as our school books let us un tho the earth is shaped lilo an aa or it li is S wu U known that etim this rance is in due uc to the rotain of the ibo lamb ill oo 00 is il is by which tho the equatorial YE PO bulge out by abt jho a quicker tho the earth ro ial ilbe be greater Is in the protuberance 1 ll 11 alto 1 ibo I rate of rotation AN a C bill liall be equatorial portia as of the earth cc could old no an longer cling to geiber gelbar the attraction which unites abtin would b be overcome by ill gat gal force and a genera breakup breall up occur it call W halt the roia llon lion of the earth when oo on the point of rupture corresponds to 10 a length of the lay 1 11 c 11 bout about the critical value ol of three arl baurr biaca we ire have bavo adopted it 6 u impossible for forue us to suppose a day much shorter than chun three boors lit us u leave thu the earth for it a few put history or of the town we have aften tn the moon revolve around the earth in ID in an widening orbit bod and consequently v the ibe doubt baut io in ti timm have bays dwerl i want this earth then it la is cc BOW yo NO d doubt the change Is ia tic flow talfo is net dot much difference the orbit of uio the moun moon a thousand tarn ao ago and uio the orbit in which to town is i now moving 11 dut n blo Ro c lacto rika lo 10 millions mil llona of year the ibo dill rence bicoules bu coules very appreciable 1 birty or lorty mill looe ol 01 can ago the moon was touch closer to ill abo besent than ll it ja is at al vry tho the iowa ww was then only ball r iia to p t distance wo must bow caf look nil earlier 10 lo ft 5 clit l epoch not nol leas ICH than fifty ool or years ago a 0 o at I 1 that bat epoch the ibo moon MOOD must have bave been so close to the carlli that thai two were knows that thai the moon revolves now DOW around the earth canh la in I ft period of twenty days day abo per iod depends depend upon the distance between the ibe earth carth and the moon minion in ij earlier if likic the month must been baro been short lr than our knudt month manth boguc of 01 years ago the ibe moon coul com pl plated et cd ild journey in a week acad of 1 i DS eight days liy its ARI ai of bvm LO kanir bee earlier k llod ad the month has do chided down dova to ft a dy day down to 10 few baurr no mt at but wande epoch w glnn bin ilia ibo moon iowa WM was almost couching the earth the moon 0 pun round the carth rth once every three I 1 boure core la in those bu ancient rim lime CIA I 1 cedar earth to IA be ba ft a debts globe 01 a it is at t present yet of it li 1 nut not partly coat bcd with occur and atod pay philly fly covered with verdure the V I 1 earth seems rather ft a fiery bad pir il il alf ulm when DO argon to la lire can dwell instead or of the fit at mo mob sphere cro which so bonow now love I 1 RICO a deal anio la in which per haps all al the of cof the be tall air are he C cloudt too I 1 1 co bat tb tho sun at baill 11 rik sad aad sets to 0 o give the ibo oldo due clo aulon sion of jay day read aud of night but tho the day and nd the ibe a ight bight r only amount to three h hoar care of twenty four almost lou cLio the ibe chaotic mu mass ol of lc earth Is u another gutber much smaller and ad squally chaotic body bod around the he squall erb earth 2 see fee ibis small body rapidly rati ting abu iwo inciter in Ciber u if they were blood by bonds 1 1 I he be saint let body is in the tb moon nature A |