| RefNo | PT/34/1/8 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Plate, early drafts of figure 6 showing effect of compound waves on tide by William Whewell |
| Date | 8 November 1847 |
| Description | Two early drafts of figure 6 showing a diagram of the effect of compound waves on the tide. Later versions of this diagram are found at PT/34/1/5 and PT/34/1/7.
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 diagram 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 |