Reference number | CLP/6/14 |
Level | Item |
Title | Paper, 'An account of the tides at St Helena [South Atlantic Ocean]' by the Governor [Robert Stringer] in a letter to Mr [Daniel] Colwall |
Date | 30 April 1663 |
Description | Stringer describes the timing and level of tides in St Helena, the destruction caused by particularly high tides, and as the distribution of springs across the island.
Subject: Oceanography
Read to the Royal Society on 26 August 1663 |
Language | English |
Extent | 2p |
Format | Manuscript |
Physical description | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
Access status | Open |
Related records in the catalogue | RBO/2i/67 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA8178 | Colwall; Daniel (- 1690); merchant and philanthropist | - 1690 |