XIII. On the tides of the arctic seas. - Part V. On the tides of refuge cove, wellington channel

The following observations were made by Admiral Sir Leopold M‘Clintock (then Captain) in the month of July 1859, at Port Kennedy, in Bellot Strait, on board the yacht ‘Fox,’ in eleven fathoms depth, lat. 72° 01' N., long. 94° 15' W. The observa­tions were made hourly, and, judging from the...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 1875
Subjects:
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1875.0013
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstl.1875.0013
Description
Summary:The following observations were made by Admiral Sir Leopold M‘Clintock (then Captain) in the month of July 1859, at Port Kennedy, in Bellot Strait, on board the yacht ‘Fox,’ in eleven fathoms depth, lat. 72° 01' N., long. 94° 15' W. The observa­tions were made hourly, and, judging from the consistent and highly interesting results obtained from them, they must have been made and recorded with unusual care. In Table I. the first column contains the Solar Hour, the second contains the Height of Tide, the third contains the Diurnal Tide, and the fourth the Semidiurnal Tide.