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Paper, 'Researches on the tides - thirteenth series. On the tides of the Pacific, and on the diurnal inequality' by Rev W [William] Whewell

Reference number: PT/34/1

Date: 08 November 1847

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59 manuscript pages, including seven figures, and one plate of six figures.

Subject: Hydrography

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'The Bakerian Lecture.—Researches on the tides. Thirteenth series. On the tides of the Pacific, and on the diurnal inequality'.

Written by Whewell in Trinity Lodge, Cambridge. Received by the Royal Society on 11 November 1847. Read 16 December 1847.

Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 5, 1851.

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PT/34/1
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08 November 1847
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Ink on paper
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60 pages
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Manuscript

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William Whewell

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William Whewell, Paper, 'Researches on the tides - thirteenth series. On the tides of the Pacific, and on the diurnal inequality' by Rev W [William] Whewell, 08 November 1847, PT/34/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_34_1/paper-researches-on-the-tides-thirteenth-series-on-the-tides-of-the-pacific-and-on-the-diurnal-inequality-by-rev-w-william-whewell, accessed on 18 March 2025

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