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Establishment of a Port
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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A PORT, the technical expression for the time that elapses between the moon's transit across the meridian at new or full moon at a given place and the time of high water at that place. The interval (constant at any one place) may vary from 6 mins. (Harwich) to 11 hrs. 45 mins. (North Foreland). At London Bridge it is i hr. 58 mins. (See also TIDE.)
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Establishment of a Port'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/e/establishment-of-a-port.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Establishment of a Port'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/e/establishment-of-a-port.html. 1910.
