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The real nature of the electric fluid : explained and illustrated by numerous facts, and a cause assigned for the polarity of the magnet : to which is annexed a theory of the tides and currents of the ocean / by James Glenn.
Glenn, James, active 19th century.Date: 1844- Books
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An essay on currents at sea; By which it appears, There is Reason to apprehend, that the Sea is not a Fluid in a State of Rest, except those Motions which are caused by the Impulse of Winds, and that known by the Name of Tides: And consequently, That this Earth is not of a uniform Density, according to the Supposition of Sir Isaac Newton; but that the Currents of the Gulph of Florida, also on the Coast of Brasil, and the Northern In-Draught on this Western Coast, are Currents of Circulation, kept up by different Densities in this Earth, and its Motion round its Axis. By Joseph Mead.
Mead, Joseph, 1707-1799.Date: M,DCC,LVII. [1757]- Books
Investigation of current measurement in estuarine and coastal waters / [by J.W. Johnson and R.L. Wiegel ; for the State Water Pollution Control Board].
Johnson, J. W. (Joe William), 1908-2002.Date: 1959- Books
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Observations on a current that often prevails to the westward of Scilly; endangering the safety of ships that approach the British Channel. By James Rennell, Esq. F.R.S. From the Philosophical Transactions.
Rennell, James, 1742-1830.Date: 1793- Books
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Observations on a current that often prevails to the westward of Scilly; endangering the safety of ships that approach the British Channel. By James Rennell, Esq. F.R.S. From the Philosophical transactions.
Rennell, James, 1742-1830.Date: 1793]- Books
Climate and time in their geological relations : a theory of secular changes of the earth's climate.
Croll, James, 1821-1890.Date: 1875- Books
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A description of the coast, tides, and currents, in Button's Bay, and in the Welcome: being the north-west coast of Hudson's Bay, And in the Welcome: Being The North-West Coast of Hudson's Bay, from Churchill River, in 58° 56' North Latitude, to Wager River or Strait, in 65° 24', taken from Scrog's, Crow's, Napier's, and Smith's journals, made in the Years 1722, 1737, 1740, 1742, 1743, and 1744. Also from the discoveries made in 1742, in the Voyage in the Furnace Bomb, and Discovery Pink, commanded by Captain Middleton and Captain Moor; shewing from these Journals, a probability, that there is a passage from thence to the Western ocean of America.
Date: [1745?]- Books
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A reply to Capt. Middleton's answer to the remarks on his vindication of his conduct, in a late voyage made by him in the Furnace sloop, by Orders of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, to find out a passage from the north-west of Hudson's Bay, to the western and southern ocean of America. Shewing the Art and Evasions he makes use of to conceal his Mis-Conduct and Neglect in prosecuting that Discovery: As also the false Currents, Tides, Straits, and Rivers he has laid down in his Chart and Journal to conceal the Discovery; with Remarks upon some extraordinary Affidavits he has published in his Favour. To which is added, a ful answer to a late pamphlet published by Capt. Middleton, called Forgery detected. By Arthur Dobbs, Esq;
Dobbs, Arthur, 1689-1765.Date: MDCCXLV. [1745]- Books
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The english pilot, describing the sea-coasts, capes, headlands, streights, soundings, Sands, Shoals, Rocks and Dangers. The bays, roads, harbours, and ports in the oriental navigation, Shewing the Property and Nature of the Winds and Monsoons in those Seas; with the Courses and Distances from one Place to another: The Setting of the Tides and Currents; The Ebbing and Flowing of the Sea. Also, A New table of Variations; and a Correct table of Longitudes and Latitudes; With many other things necessary to be known. Containing several large Draughts of Ports, Islands, and Descriptions; collected from the Practice and Experience of divers able and expert navigators of our Own and Foreign Nations. Divided into three parts. The first, Shewing The Nature and Properties of the Winds and Monsoons in the Navigation from England, to the East-Indies, and the whole oriental ocean, and thereby how to shape a Course from one Port to another, according to the Time of the Year in those Seas. The second, Containing Necessary instructions for Sailing between England, and the East-Indies, in the Spring and Autumn. The third, Describing The Sea-Coasts, Capes, Headlands, Streights, Soundings, Sands, Shoals, Rocks and Dangers. The Islands, Bays, Roads, Harbours and Ports, from Cape Bona-Esperance, to all Parts of the oriental ocean, being very much Corrected and Augmented with several Additions, not before Publish'd.
Date: M,DCC,LV. [1755]- Books
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On the temperature of the sea around the coasts of Scotland, during the years 1857 and 1858 : and the bearing of the facts on the theory that the mild climate of Great Britain, during winter, is dependent on the Gulf Stream : with a chart of the currents in the north Atlantic : read before the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 3d Jan. 1859 / by James Stark.
Stark, James, 1814-1883.Date: 1859- Books
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The seaman's daily assistant new modelled: being a short, easy, and plain method of keeping a journal at sea. In which are contained rules for working the cases in plane, middle latitude, and mercator's sailing. Also, Rules shewing how the allowances for Leeway, Variation, Heave of the Sea, set of Currents, &c. are to be made, and to correct the Dead-Reckoning by an Observation, in all Cases: And, also, all the Tables that are any ways necessary for the Seaman's use in keeping a Journal. Likewise, Rules for finding the Latitude by the Meridian Altitude of the Sun, Moon, and Fixed Stars: And, also, the method of determining the Latitude by two Altitudes of the Sun, with the help of the Solar Tables. To which is added, a new mercator's chart of the wester ocean. By Thomas Haselden, Late Teacher of the Mathematics in the Royal Navy. The whole raised and corrected, with many additions, by A. Smyth, Mathematician.
Haselden, Thomas, -1740.Date: MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788]- Journals
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Journal du Conseil / Conseil international pour l'exploration de la mer.
Date: 1926-1991- Archives and manuscripts
Croll, J.
Date: 1870Reference: MS.4970/fPart of: Wallich, George Charles (1815-1899)- Books
The Times survey atlas of the world : a comprehensive series of new and authentic maps reduced from the national surveys of the world and the special surveys of travellers and explorers with general index of over two hundred thousand names / prepared at the "Edinburgh Geographical Institute" under the direction of J.G. Bartholomew.
Date: 1922- Books
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An essay on the formation of mountains, with a description of that surprizing ridge of black mountains in the north parts of this kingdom; with convincive proofs, that the earth was not thrown on such heaps by the great deluge. Also, reasons explain'd for the springs of hot water coming out of the bowels of the cold earth. Likewise Reasons shewing, why that great Current or Stream always sets in at the Mouth of the Mediterranean, called the Staits of Gibraltar: and that Sea, which has no other Communication with the main Ocean, but at that narrow Passage, is still never the fuller. By Mr. Thomas Hudson.
Hudson, Thomas, active 1765.Date: M.DCC.LXV. [1765]- Books
Connecting women : national and international networks during the long nineteenth century / edited by Barton C. Hacker, Joanne Paisana, Margarida Esteves Pereira, Jaime Costa, and Margaret Vining.
Date: 2021- Books
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A new directory for the East-Indies: containing, I. The first discoveries made in the East-Indies by European voyagers and Travellers. II. The Origin Construction, and Application Nautical and Hydrographical Charts. III. The natural Causes, and observed Phaenomena, of the constant and variable Winds, Trade-Winds, Monsoons, and Currents, throughout the East-India Oceans and Seas. IV. A Description of the Sea Coasts, Islands, Rocks, Harbours, Shoals, Sands, Sea-Marks, Soundings, &c. in the Oriental Navigation. V. Directions for navigating in the East-India Seas, to the best Advantage, at different Times of the Year. VI. Directions for sailing to and from the East-Indies, as recommended and practised by experienced Navigators and Mariners. The whole being a work originally begun upon the plan of the oriental Neptune, augmented and improved by Mr. Will. Herbert, Mr. Will. Nichelson, and others; and now methodised, corrected, and further enlarged, by Samuel Dunn, Teacher of the Mathematical Sciences, London. Sixth edition. To which is added an appendix.
Herbert, William, 1718-1795.Date: MDCCXCI. [1791]- Books
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The naval gazetteer; or, seaman's complete guide. Containing a full and accurate account, alphabetically arranged, of the several coasts of all the countries and islands in the known world: shewing their latitude, longitude, soundings and stations for anchorage, With a particular Description of the several Bays, Capes, Channels, Coves, Creeks, Currents, Gulfs, Harbours, Havens, Lakes, Oceans, Races, Rivers, Roads, Rocks, Sands, Shoals, Sounds, Straits, Tides, Variation of the Compass, &c. &c. together with A particular Relation of the Shape and Appearance at Sea of the several Headlands, Isthmusses, Peninsulas, Points, Promontories, and whatever is of Use or Importance to the Master, Pilot, Commander, or Seaman of any Ship or Vessel, in navigating the watry Element. Also Comprehending Ample Directions for failing into or out of the different Ports, Straits, and Harbours of the four Quarters of the World, and for avoiding Dangers on the various and extended Coasts; in which more than Twelve Thousand distinct Names of Places, &c. are treated of and explained. By the Rev. John Malham, Author of Navigation Made Easy and Familiar, and other Works on Naval Affairs. Illustrated with a correct set of charts, From the latest and best Surveys. In two volumes. ...
Malham, John, 1747-1821.Date: 1795- Books
Science diplomacy : Antarctica, science, and the governance of international spaces / edited by Paul Arthur Berkman [and others].
Date: 2011- Books
Carving our destiny : scientific research faces a new millennium / Susan M. Fitzpatrick and John T. Bruer, editors.
Date: [2001], ©2001- Archives and manuscripts
Leprosy distribution in the Far East
Date: 1894Reference: MS.6940/3Part of: Cantlie, Sir James, F.R.C.S. (1851-1926)- Books
Infections of leisure / edited by David Schlossberg, Professor of Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine and Medical Director, Tuberculosis Control Program, Philadelphia Department of Public health, Philadelphia, PA.
Date: [2016]- Books
Verifying greenhouse gas emissions : methods to support international climate agreements / Committee on Methods for Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.
National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Methods for Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions.Date: [2010], ©2010- Books
Phantom pain / photography project by Katya Demidova.
Demidova, KatyaDate: 2018- Books
Critical issues in global health / C. Everett Koop, Clarence E. Pearson, M. Roy Schwarz [editors] ; foreword by Jimmy Carter.
Date: [2001], ©2001