| RefNo | PT/34/1/5 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Plate, figures 1-6 showing cotidal lines and rings, tidal rotation, and compound waves by William Whewell |
| Date | 8 November 1847 |
| Description | Figures 1-6 showing diagrams of a line of no tide, cotidal lines and rings, the rotation of the tide wave, and compound waves. These are slightly later versions of the diagrams found at PT/34/1/2-3 and PT/34/1/6-7.
Subject: Hydrography
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'The Bakerian Lecture.—Researches on the tides. Thirteenth series. On the tides of the Pacific, and on the diurnal inequality'.
Written by Whewell in Trinity Lodge, Cambridge. Received by the Royal Society on 11 November 1847. Read 16 December 1847. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Diagram |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink diagrams on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1843.0136 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1848.0001 |
| RelatedRecord | PT/34/1 |
| PT/34/1 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6578 | Whewell; William (1794 - 1866); college Master; writer on history and philosophy of science | 1794 - 1866 |