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Paper, 'A table to find when the washes [in Lincolnshire] begin to be and how long they continue fordable [crossable]' by Christopher Merrett

Reference number: CLP/4i/50

Date: 01 January 1695

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Merrett shares a table providing the times of the tide at different sections of the washes and at different times of the month.

Subject: Oceanography / Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A table of the washes in Lincolnshire, mentioned in the fourth paper of the last transaction, P. 352'

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CLP/4i/50
Earliest possible date
01 January 1695
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Christopher Merrett

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Christopher Merrett, Paper, 'A table to find when the washes [in Lincolnshire] begin to be and how long they continue fordable [crossable]' by Christopher Merrett, 01 January 1695, CLP/4i/50, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_4i_50/paper-a-table-to-find-when-the-washes-in-lincolnshire-begin-to-be-and-how-long-they-continue-fordable-crossable-by-christopher-merrett, accessed on 15 March 2025

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