Abstract
THIS excellent book is written by the assistant chief of the Division of Tides and Currents of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. It gives an account of the subject of tides intended for the general reader and without the use of mathematics. Its chapters cover the development of tidal knowledge, the tide-producing forces, the characteristics of observed tides in rivers, bays, and the open sea, the effects of wind and weather, the analysis of observations, the making of tide-tables, the utilisation of tidal energy, and the evolutional effects of tidal friction. Special chapters are devoted to the tides of the Bay of Fundy and of New York Harbour.
The Tide.
By H. A. Marmer. Pp. xi + 282 + 4 plates. (New York and London: D. Appleton and Co., 1926.) 10s. 6d. net.
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P., J. The Tide . Nature 118, 907 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/118907a0
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