 | John Frederick William Herschel, Robert Main - 1859 - 496 Seiten
...to observe the direction of the stream of flood and of ebb, and the time at which the stream turns. and errors have often been produced in tide observations...except at the head of a bay or creek. The stream of s flood commonly runs for some time, often for hours, after the time of high water. In the same way,... | |
 | sir Frederick George D. Bedford - 1875 - 542 Seiten
...of the turn of the t1de-stream with the time of high water. Mistakes and errors have often occurred by supposing that the turn of the tide-stream is the...stream of ebb runs for some time after low water. Tide and Half Tide. — The sailor should, therefore, be careful not to confuse himself by the words... | |
 | Sir Frederick George Denham Bedford - 1875 - 532 Seiten
...of the turn of the tide-stream with the time of high water. Mistakes and errors have often occurred by supposing that the turn of the tide-stream is the...high water, except at the head of a bay or creek. Tl1e stream of flood commonly runs for some time, often for hours, after the time of high water. In... | |
 | sir Frederick George D. Bedford - 1877 - 592 Seiten
...high water. Mistakes and errors have often occurred by supposing that the turn of the tidal-stream is the time of high water. But this is not so. The...stream of ebb runs for some time after low water. Tide and Half Tide.— The sailor should, therefore, be careful not to confuse himself by the words... | |
 | Howard Patterson - 1887 - 474 Seiten
...confound the time of the turn of the tidal stream with the time of high water. The turn of the tidal stream generally takes place at a different time from high water, except at the head of a bay or river. The stream of flood usually runs for some time, often for hours, after the time of high water.... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - 1902 - 600 Seiten
...Mistakes have occurred by supposing that the turn of the tidal stream is the time of high water, but that is not so. The turn of the stream generally takes...at the head of a bay or creek. The stream of flood runs for some time, often for hours, after high water. In the same way, the stream of ebb runs for... | |
 | Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art - 1904 - 644 Seiten
...errors have often been produced in tide observations by supposing that the turn of the tide stream is the time of high water. But this is not so. The...stream of ebb runs for some time after low water." Now at Start Point the eastern or Channel flood stream makes at three hours before high water at Dartmouth,... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - 1908 - 626 Seiten
...Mistakes have occurred by supposing that 'the turn of the tidal stream is the time of high water, but that is not so. The turn of the stream generally takes...at the head of a bay or creek. The stream of flood runs for some time, often for hours, after high water. In the same way, the stream of ebb runs for... | |
 | 1909 - 532 Seiten
...Mistakes have occurred by supposing that the turn of the tidal stream is the time of high water, but that is not so. The turn of the stream generally takes...at the head of a bay or creek. The stream of flood runs for some time, often for hours, after high water. In the same way, the stream of ebb runs for... | |
 | Austin Melvin Knight - 1910 - 956 Seiten
...errors have often been produced in tide observations by supposing that the turn of the tide stream is the time of high water. But this is not so. The...stream of ebb runs for some time after low water. " The time at which the stream turns is often different at different distances from the shore; but... | |
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Mistakes and errors have often been produced in tide observations by supposing that the turn of the tide stream is the time of high water. But this is not so. The turn of the stream generally takes place at a different time from high water, except at... 
