276 Mr. J. Nixon on the Tides in the Bay of Morecambe. 

 Table I. Observations for determining the Error of the Watch 



Table J I. Register of the Tides at Hest-Bank. 



Explanation of the Columns. — 1st, The day of the month. 

 2nd, The number of divisions (on the breakwater pole) ob- 

 served : the asterisk denotes that the corresponding times for 

 high water increased or decreased seriatim. 3rd, The height 

 of the top of the pole above the level of the tide at high water. 

 4th, The instant of high water calculated immediately from 

 the times, by the watch, at which the tide reached (during the 

 flow and ebb) the level of the several divisions observed. 

 5th, The last column corrected for the error of the watch, 

 mean time, Hest-bank. 6th, The predicted time (by Hoi- 

 den's Tables) of high water at Liverpool, reduced to mean 

 time and the meridian of Hest-bank %. 7th, The direction 

 and force of the wind. 8th, The state of the surface of the 

 sea. 



f By Reflection, (see page 267 for Dip, &c.) 



\ The latitude of Liverpool is 53° 24' 40" north, and its longitude 

 2° 58' 55" west. 



