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Paper, 'An account of the tides at St Helena [South Atlantic Ocean]' by the Governor [Robert Stringer] in a letter to Mr [Daniel] Colwall

Reference number: CLP/6/14

Date: 30 April 1663

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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

Reference number
CLP/6/14
Earliest possible date
30 April 1663
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'An account of the tides at St Helena [South Atlantic Ocean]' by the Governor [Robert Stringer] in a letter to Mr [Daniel] Colwall, 30 April 1663, CLP/6/14, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_6_14/paper-an-account-of-the-tides-at-st-helena-south-atlantic-ocean-by-the-governor-robert-stringer-in-a-letter-to-mr-daniel-colwall, accessed on 17 January 2026

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