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RefNoMA/193/3
Previous numbersMA.194
LevelItem
TitleTidal observations at Liverpool, England, part 3, by William Hutchinson and Jenkin Jones
CreatorHutchinson; William (1715-1801); British mariner and writer on seamanship
Jones; Jenkin (fl.1830s); British calculator
Lubbock; Sir John William; 3rd baronet (1803-1865); British astronomer and banker
Date1835-1837 [?]
1774-1792
DescriptionComputations of tides, based upon original 18th century observations made by William Hutchinson, Dock Master at Liverpool, then in Lancashire, and later calculated by Jenkin Jones. Annual tables of high water at Liverpool Docks. Columns are not headed.

The original observations by Hutchinson are noted in the paper 'Discussion of tide observations made at Liverpool', by John William Lubbock, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, v.125 (1835), pp.275-299. Some of the tables appear in that paper.

The opening title [p.1] is inscribed [by John William Lubbock]: 'Liverpool Tide Computations. Part 3. Showing the Time & Strength of High Water with the Sun's & Moon's Declinations & the Moon's Horizontal Parallax corresponding to all the Transits of the Moon (A) which occur between 0h and 1h for every year from 1774 to 1772'.
Extent24p. [p.2 and pp.22-24 blank]
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper. Loosely inserted into MA/193/2.
Dimensions258x207mm.
AccessStatusOpen
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