• Standard ports are marked in bold letters in the Index pages of Admiralty Tide Tables (or Tidal almanac). Tidal predictions are usually made by the Bureau...
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    the development of reliable tide tables around British shores, publishing the first edition of the Admiralty Tide Tables in 1833. This inspired similar...
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    1953, www.hmsconway.org. Retrieved 19 February 2014 Extract from Admiralty Tide Tables, Liverpool 1953, www.hmsconway.org. Retrieved 19 February 2014 Extract...
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    Hydrographer of the Navy, and contributed to the publication of the Admiralty Tide Tables starting in 1833. Whewell built on Lubbock's work to develop an...
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    Sun) and are also caused by the Earth and Moon orbiting one another. Tide tables can be used for any given locale to find the predicted times and amplitude...
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  • he developed the eponymous Scale, saw the introduction of official tide tables in 1833 and instigated various surveys and expeditions. Several of these...
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    Tidal diamond (category Tides)
    at both spring tide and neap tide. The times on the table are related to the high water of the standard port displayed on the table. To calculate the...
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  • Spring Tide range is in excess of 7 metres. The large tidal amplitude produces tidal currents of 1.5 metres per second (m/s) on the flood tide, and 1...
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  • 1941 "Admiralty Manual of Tides". As the Allies prepared the invasion of Nazi-occupied France, they wanted to land at first light when it was low tide, so...
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    Lord for producing charts, 'Sailing Directions', 'Notices to Mariners', tide tables and light lists and for supplying chronometers, compasses and other scientific...
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