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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests a table of heights and times of high and low tides should be added as necessary. Suggests the author write a short explanation of the methods of determining the daily tides.

Subject: Meteorology, Astronomy

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1863]

Reference number
RR/5/102
Earliest possible date
27 February 1862
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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George Biddell Airy

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George Biddell Airy, Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'On the tides of the arctic seas. Part I. On the diurnal tides of Port Leopold, North Somerset' by Samuel Haughton, 27 February 1862, RR/5/102, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_5_102/referees-report-by-george-biddell-airy-on-a-paper-on-the-tides-of-the-arctic-seas-part-i-on-the-diurnal-tides-of-port-leopold-north-somerset-by-samuel-haughton, accessed on 13 February 2025

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