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
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
- 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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Classified papers: volume 6 concerning 'Staticks, Hydrostaticks, Hydraulicks, Hydrology'
1661-1735 Reference number: CLP/6
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Dates: 1592 - 1741
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