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Smithsonian contributions to knowledge (1848)

Smithsonian Institution · Washington : Smithsonian Institution · leaf 515

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RECORD AND RESULTS OF TIDAL OBSERVATIONS. THE observations of the tides made by the Arctic Expedition of Dr. I. I. Hayes, at Port Foulke, Smith Strait, in 1860 and 186], consist of two series; in the first are recorded the observed times and heights of high and low water in November and December,… … stretch, or the ice-field may have a slow motion and consequently incline the rope, or the stone may drag along the sloping bottom from the effects of currents or ice motion; if, from any cause, the apparatus fails, the zero level of the scale is easily lost, and generally cannot be recovered. Gils)

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