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**Explaining the Tides Before Newton**

"_Astronomical explanations for tides, usually credited to Isaac Newton, can be traced to thinkers like Strabo and Pliny in the Classical era._"

🔗 https://daily.jstor.org/explaining-the-tides-before-newton/.

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