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Tidal Friction and the Evolution of a Satellite

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IN NATURE, vol. xxxiii. p. 367, is an article by Mr. G. H. Darwin, defending his theory of tidal evolution, and dealing with what I have written respecting that theory. Space will here prevent my replying at length to the above; but as the author of it seems to think that my inquiry has been confined too much to the mode of origin of the moon, I have pushed it out in other directions, when important results have been obtained. I purpose here chiefly devoting my space to these, which can be put in a comparatively short and simple form.

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NOLAN, J. Tidal Friction and the Evolution of a Satellite. Nature 34, 286–287 (1886). https://doi.org/10.1038/034286b0

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