| Description | Lubbock has seen the observations on tides sent to the Royal Society and makes remarks. The Portsmouth observations do not state if the clock was set to mean time or apparent time. The name of the Sheerness observer is promised at some future time - he asks if it is possible that one observer made all of the observations, a.m and p.m.? Everything else is satisfactory. The Plymouth observers should be noted in a separate column, he thinks, and it will be discovered if they are intelligent or not. Lubbock asks if Beaufort will transmit these remarks, or Lubbock should save him the trouble by writing. Lubbock was gratified by Beaufort's communication at the Astronomical Society and hopes the subject will be placed on a better footing. He hopes the information about East Indies observations wil be transmitted to the Royal Society. |