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Paper, 'Observations of tides' by Mr Powle

Reference number: CLP/6/18

Date: 12 December 1666

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Observations of the River Severn and spring tides and the best place to witness the tides.

Subject: Oceanography

Read to the Royal Society on 12 December 1666

Reference number
CLP/6/18
Earliest possible date
12 December 1666
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Observations of tides' by Mr Powle, 12 December 1666, CLP/6/18, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_6_18/paper-observations-of-tides-by-mr-powle, accessed on 28 April 2025

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