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RefNoPT/73/16/1
LevelItem
TitleDiagram, chart of high water times by [John William Lubbock?]
Date[1833]
DescriptionPlate 1 showing a chart of observations of high water times from Brest [Brittany, France], Plymouth [Devon, England], Portsmouth [Hampshire, England], Sheerness [Kent, England], and London Dock. The published plate also included observations from Saint Helena. Inscribed with publication and plate details. Ink inscription below chart reads 'In these curves, the abscissa represents the time of the Moon's transit, and the ordinate the corresponding time of High Water.' Not signed. Large watermark showing a woman within an oval topped with a crown, a shield bearing St George's cross at her side. The manuscript for this paper is wanting.

Subject: Hydrography

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'Note on the tides' by John William Lubbock.

Read to the Royal Society on 7 March 1833.
Extent1p
FormatDiagram
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
Dimensions286x198mm
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1833.0005
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7010Lubbock; Sir; John William (1803 - 1865)1803 - 1865
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