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RefNoPT/34/1/6
LevelItem
TitlePlate, figure 5 showing rotation of tide-wave by William Whewell
Date8 November 1847
DescriptionFigure 5 showing a diagram of the rotation of the tide wave. A later version of this diagram is found at PT/34/1/5.

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.
Extent1p
FormatDiagram
PhysicalDescriptionInk diagram on paper
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1843.0136
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1848.0001
RelatedRecordPT/34/1
PT/34/1
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CodePersonNameDates
NA6578Whewell; William (1794 - 1866); college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science1794 - 1866
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