Dave Kruger wrote: > > Here is a way to understand the origin or tides: Wow! Impressive explanation. But there was a little S. Harris miracle happens here part for me, where you said > So > the syrup nearer the sun begins to elongate a little bit toward the sun, *until > a compensating restorative force operates within the syrup.* Net effect, there > is a "bulge" of syrup on your Sun side! That was your feet. > > Now what about the side distal to the sun (your head)? Well, it's similar > there, except a distal syrup chunk needs a force to *pull* it back to you. That > force is produced when the syrup on the outside has bulged enough to generate a > visco-elastic restoring force. Right, the visco-elastic restoring force (what a phrase!) pulls the chunk of Karo back down onto my head. What I missed was, how did it get pushed up off my head to begin with? Did I miss it, or did you? Probably me, but... Steve *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Dec 22 1999 - 12:06:31 PST
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