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Subject: Hydrography

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Tide observations at Otaheite, or Tahiti'.

Written by Belcher on H M [His Majesty's] Ship Sulphur, Spithead [Hampshire, England]. Communicated by Capt [Francis] Beaufort. Received by the Royal Society on 31 October 1842. Read 16 February 1843.

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PT/27/7
Earliest possible date
22 July 1842
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Ink on paper
Page extent
26 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Tide observations at Tahiti' by Capt E [Edward] Belcher, 22 July 1842, PT/27/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_27_7/paper-tide-observations-at-tahiti-by-capt-e-edward-belcher, accessed on 15 February 2025

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