As I was reading Clayden: Organic Chemistry 2e2nd Edition, I came across an image of naphthalene showing its varying C-C$\ce{C-C}$ bond lengths, however, I was unable to rationaliserationalize the bond lengths by drawing naphthalene's resonance forms. I have searched for a good explanation for the bond lengths shown but I have not found anything remotely convincing.
The 3 resonance forms of naphthalene are shown below however, these resonance forms are inconsistent with the bond lengths displayed by Clayden. From looking at these resonance forms I would not expect the C-C$\ce{C-C}$ bond fusing the benzene rings to be the shortest, since it has less double bond character compared to some of the other C-C$\ce{C-C}$ bonds in the molecule.
