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Paper, 'An account of the course of the tides at the port of Dublin in Ireland' by William Molineux [Molyneux]

Reference number: CLP/6/43

Date: 1686

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From Molyneux's letter dated 21 September [1686?]. Molyneux describes the timings of high and low tide in relation to the phases of the moon and the direction of the wind as he observed in the port of Dublin.

Subject: Oceanography

Read to the Royal Society on 3 November 1686

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CLP/6/43
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1686
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2 pages
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William Molyneux

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William Molyneux, Paper, 'An account of the course of the tides at the port of Dublin in Ireland' by William Molineux [Molyneux], 1686, CLP/6/43, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_6_43/paper-an-account-of-the-course-of-the-tides-at-the-port-of-dublin-in-ireland-by-william-molineux-molyneux, accessed on 13 October 2024

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