Papers of the Board of Longitude

Correspondence regarding the causes of tides and trade winds, including N. May on the cause of the tides; the Marquis of Buckingham on the tides at Dublin Bar and other ports in Ireland; E. Dean on the theory of the tides; E.M. O'Shea on the theory of the tides; L. Cohen on the cause of the tides; W. Forman on the theory of the tides; correspondence relating to the sinking of a well for a tide gauge at Greenwich; a standard of reference for the level of the sea at Greenwich; J. Abram on tide tables for 1825; J.J. Rorie on the cause of the tides; a letter from E.H. Howes relating to a discovery of the cause of the trade winds; L. Cohen on the government of the trade winds by lunar influence; T. Colley on nautical improvements; M. Adam on improvements in nautical astronomy; W.H. Wollaston on variations of apparent depression of the horizon; a proposal to institute examinations for the masters of merchant ships; Don Vicente Fofino on an atlas of the Spanish Mediterranean; M. Flinders on a chart of 'New Holland' (Australia); J. Cooke on part of a plan and charts for the improvement of navigation; a letter relating to a supposed danger off the Western Islands; J. Straycock on a method of drawing charts by similar triangles; suggestions for exploring the eastern side of Spitzbergen; P. Leahy on a method of marine surveying; Captain Popham's observations relating to longitude off the coast of Africa; and Captain W.F.W. Owen on finding the difference of longitude by means of terrestrial phenomena.

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