Table and drawing of the tides at Bristol
Date
26 October 1687
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
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Manuscript page number
p2
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 330mm
width (page): 213mm
width (page): 213mm
Subject
Description
Table of the tides at Bristol, measured between 18 July and 1 September 1687 by Richard Waller, with a small ink drawing of the shore and the tides. The paper was read to the Royal Society on 26 October 1687.
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 26 October 1687, ‘Mr. Hooke read a letter to himself from Mr. Waller concerning stones, as nautili and ophiomorphites, lately found by him near Cainesham-bridge in Gloucestershire. One of these stones was evidently formed in the shell of a common nautilus, but much bigger than the usual sort; and not only the diaphragms were most distinct, but also the holes in them, whereby the several cavities communicate, were indisputably discovered, and no room left to doubt of its having been once a shell’ (Birch 4:549).
Related fellows
Richard Waller (1660 - 1715, British) , Naturalist
Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703, British) , Natural philosopher
Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703, British) , Natural philosopher
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