Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'Report of observations made upon the tides in the Irish Sea, and upon the great similarity of tidal phenomena of the Irish and English Channels, and the importance of extending the experiments round the Land's End and up the English Channel. Embodied in a letter to the hydrographer' by Frederick William Beechey Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, as it is 'one of the most important papers on tidal observations' that the referee has seen. Subject: Geography [Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1862]. 29 February 1848