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RefNoCLP/6/22
LevelItem
TitlePaper, regarding observations of the tides at Plymouth in 1667 by Samuel Colepresse
Date6 January 1668
DescriptionColepresse describes how the diurnal tides from about the latter end of March till the latter end of September are about a foot higher (perpendicular, which is alwayes to be understood) in the evening, than in the morning. He states that this research was in response to queries proposed in the Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Oceanography

Read to the Royal Society on 16 January 1668

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of some observations, made by Mr. Samuel Colepresse at and nigh Plymouth, A. 1667. by way of answer to some of the quæries concerning tydes, propos'd Numb. 17 and 18'
LanguageEnglish
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1668.0006
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