Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'Report of observations made upon the tides in the Irish Sea, and upon the great similarity of tidal phenomena of the Irish and English Channels, and the importance of extending the experiments round the Land's End and up the English Channel. Embodied in a letter to the hydrographer' by Frederick William Beechey
Reference number: RR/1/22
Date: 29 February 1848

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, as it is 'one of the most important papers on tidal observations' that the referee has seen.
Subject: Geography
[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1862].
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- RR/1/22
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- 29 February 1848
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- Letter on paper
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- 3 pages
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George Biddell Airy, Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'Report of observations made upon the tides in the Irish Sea, and upon the great similarity of tidal phenomena of the Irish and English Channels, and the importance of extending the experiments round the Land's End and up the English Channel. Embodied in a letter to the hydrographer' by Frederick William Beechey, 29 February 1848, RR/1/22, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_22/referees-report-by-george-biddell-airy-on-a-paper-report-of-observations-made-upon-the-tides-in-the-irish-sea-and-upon-the-great-similarity-of-tidal-phenomena-of-the-irish-and-english-channels-and-the-importance-of-extending-the-experiments-round-the-lands-end-and-up-the-english-channel-embodied-in-a-letter-to-the-hydrographer-by-frederick-william-beechey, accessed on 08 February 2025
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VI. Report of observations made upon the tides in the Irish Sea, and upon the great similarity of tidal phenomena of the Irish and English Channels, and the importance of extending the experiments round the Land's End and up the English Channel. Embodied in a letter to the hydrographer External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1848
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1848.0006
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Paper, 'Report of experiments made upon the tides in the Irish Sea, and upon the great similarity of tidal phenomena between the Irish and English Channels, and the importance of extending the experiments round the lands end and up the English Channel' in a letter from Captain F W [Frederick William] Beechey to the Hydrographer [Francis Beaufort]
Creator: Frederick William Beechey Reference number: PT/34/6
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George Biddell Airy
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