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Paper, regarding tides by S C [Samuel Colgreave]

Reference number: CLP/6/19

Date: 19 December 1666

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Colgreave writes on diurnal tides during autumn and winter.

Subject: Oceanography

Read to the Royal Society on 19 December 1666

Reference number
CLP/6/19
Earliest possible date
19 December 1666
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, regarding tides by S C [Samuel Colgreave], 19 December 1666, CLP/6/19, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_6_19/paper-regarding-tides-by-s-c-samuel-colgreave, accessed on 08 December 2025

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