Elias Schneider

“ It is therefore not true that the least amount of attraction is felt by the waters of the earth at that part of her surface most remote from the sun or from the moon. It is indeed true that the sun and moon have less power of attraction on the particles of matter at this part of the earth's surface than they have on particles of matter facing them. But, as attraction diminishes as the square of the distance increases, this attractive force of these two bodies on any part of the earth's surface is not near so great as that of the earth herself on such part of her surface. ”

“ I conclude by saying that the great motions of the waters of the mighty deep are most assuredly the grandest ocular demonstrations of the rotation of the earth upon her axis, and of her revolution around the sun, that can be witnessed by the eyes of man. ”

“ That so great an absurdity could have been accepted so long by our writers of textbooks, is truly marvelous. It is, indeed, so contrary to all known facts and laws of physics that, if no other influence were felt by the waters at the far side of the earth than attraction, there would be just the opposite effect produced to that alleged by this absurd hypothesis. ”