Approximate Cotidal Lines of Diurnal and Semi-Diurnal Tides of the Coast of the United States on the Gulf of Mexico
(Washington, DC): Communicated by authority of the Treasury Dept. 1857. First separate edition, extracted from the American Journal of Science and Arts, vol. XXIII, second series, Jan., 1857. 8vo. 17 pp. Tables, two folding plates (lithographed by J. Bien, New York), one showing the effects of tides along the Gulf Coast from Texas to Florida. "On the Gulf Coast, the tides are small, and therefore easily influenced by extraneous circumstances, and, as a rule, on more than two thirds of the coast the semi-diurnal tides are very small, and in fact are masked by the diurnal tides." Inscribed at the head of the front wrapper "Chester County Cabinet, / from Prof. A.D. Bache. / April 7, 1857." Sabin 2588. OCLC locates two copies (Harvard, Library Company). Very good. Orig. plain tan wrappers. (#7571). Item #60505
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