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<p>Known Error in Description of the Tides</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>One of the few items in this Regiment that is &#039;false&#039;, or different to Earth, is the pattern of tides. The section &#039;&#039;&#039;Tides at any Place&#039;&#039;&#039; says:<br /> <br /> First, on the open ocean, and at any atolls or other small specks far from substantial amounts of <br /> land, high tide occurs at a South Moon, and has variance of but 1 ½ fathoms from ebb to flow...<br /> and<br /> At any time there are two swells of high water on opposite sides of the globe ...<br /> <br /> These are both false, because tides actually work on a local cycle - there are a dozen still points in the oceans, which the tides spin around, being high at one side when they are low at the other. ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tide#Tidal_phase_and_amplitude see more details]) This is seriously wierd, so I went with a Renaissance mindset, which includes knowledge of tides being delayed due to coastal features, but otherwise assumed the tides rolled around twice a day.</div>

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