Yet the procession seemed to be slowing up at the head and, Oh, joy, there was Grandfather making a distribution of ice-cream cones to grown-ups and children alike.
"Ethel Morton at Chautauqua"
Mabell S. C. Smith
The earth's motion of rotation is being slowly destroyed by the friction of the tides, as the motion of a bicycle is destroyed by the friction of a brake, and, in consequence of this slowing down, the moon is pushed farther and farther away from the earth, so that it now moves in a larger orbit than it had some millions of years ago.
"A Text-Book of Astronomy"
George C. Comstock
slowing down the earth's rotation is the direct action of the moon upon the earth.
"A Text-Book of Astronomy"
George C. Comstock