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1. Historical background and introduction.. 2. Pre-telescopic astronomical observations.. 3. Tidal deceleration of the earth's rotation deduced from astronomical observations in the period A D. 1600 to the present.. 4. Determination of the rotation of the earth (at present.. 5. Effect of tidal friction on the lunar orbit and the rotation of earth and its determination by laser ranging.. 6. Tides of the solid earth from gravimetric measurements.. 7. Tidal friction in the solid earth: loading tides versus body tides.. 8. Tidal dissipation in the oceans.. 9. The influence of solid earth deformations on semidiurnal and diurnal oceanic tides.. 10. Numerical computation of tidal friction for present and ancient oceans.. 11. The earth's palaeorotation.. 12. Periodic growth features in fossil organisms and the length of the day and month.. 13. Geological and geophysical evidence relating to continental growth and dynamics and the hydrosphere in precambrian times: a review and analysis.. 14. Concluding remarks.. Bibliography

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