Chapter 4, page 4.
4.4 4.1 Two ways of representing the ocean tides.
4.2 Two approaches to explain the ocean tides.
4.3 Values of attraction.
4.4 The direction of the tide waves.
4.5 The continents and the flowing of the tide waves.
4.6 Number of the tide waves.
4.7 Tide waves and sublunar points.
4.8 The physical equation for the ocean tides.
4.9 When Earth, Moon and Sun are aligned.
4.10 Tide cadences.
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#09 - The direction of the tide waves.
On this point, the two approaches diverge.
Westbound.
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(current approach) While the vertical component is negligeable, the horizontal one has the effective role to attract the waters of seas and oceans westward, ...

.2 ... as it is not opposed by the Earth gravity ...
.3 sic!
.4 ... so, the two tide waves move westbound, from a meridian to the successive one.
Fig
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Circular movement.
.5 (inductive approach) Go on reading on the annexe, and follow the directions.
Ocean tides seen from high above their basins
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