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Letter, regarding observations of the tides of the River Thames [London] using the marine surveyor from Henry de Saumarez to Isaac Newton and the Royal Society

Reference number: CLP/7ii/9

Date: 08 December 1725

Description

De Saumarez describes the use of an instrument called the marine surveyor and gives details of experiments made with it on the River Thames in order to determine the strength of the tides of flow and ebb.

Subject: Scientific apparatus and instruments / Oceanography

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Observations upon the tides in the River Thames, by Mr. Henry de Saumarez'

Reference number
CLP/7ii/9
Earliest possible date
08 December 1725
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Ink on paper
Page extent
14 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, regarding observations of the tides of the River Thames [London] using the marine surveyor from Henry de Saumarez to Isaac Newton and the Royal Society, 08 December 1725, CLP/7ii/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_7ii_9/letter-regarding-observations-of-the-tides-of-the-river-thames-london-using-the-marine-surveyor-from-henry-de-saumarez-to-isaac-newton-and-the-royal-society, accessed on 28 April 2025

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