On Mar 2, 4:55 pm, "daestrom"
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> On Mar 1, 9:05 am, Anthony Matonak
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> When slowing down of the Earths motion is concerned, if the Earth
> could be slowed down then already long ago would slow it the friction
> caused by tidal waves induced by the moon, by winds, ocean currents,
> etc. The fact that the earth is NOT slowing down proves, that our
> plated is actually propelled by something in its rotation.
WRONG
Fossil rugose corals preserve daily and yearly growth patterns and
show that the day was about 22 hours long 370 million years ago, in
rough agreement with the hours predicted from a constant rate of
slowing (Scrutton 1964; Wells 1963).
/indexcc/CE/
NASA
/ggfc/tides/
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Tom Davidson
Richmond, VA