III. On the Tides of the Arctic Seas.— Part II. The semidiurnal Tides of port leopold, North Somerset

The first part of the author’s researches on the Tides of the Arctic Seas was forwarded to the Royal Society in November 1861, and contained the discussion of the Diurnal Tides of Port Leopold. In the present communication the Semidiurnal Tides of the same port are discussed, and the following resul...

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Published in:Proceedings of the Royal Society of London
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 1863
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
General Environmental Science
Arctic
Port Leopold
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspl.1862.0063
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspl.1862.0063
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Summary:The first part of the author’s researches on the Tides of the Arctic Seas was forwarded to the Royal Society in November 1861, and contained the discussion of the Diurnal Tides of Port Leopold. In the present communication the Semidiurnal Tides of the same port are discussed, and the following results obtained. The eccentricity of the moon’s orbit is calculated from the parallactic inequality, and found to be 0·5303.

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