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FOURTH REPORT — 1834. 



Experiments on the Ebb Tide of the River Thames to London Bridge, 

 \dth of June, 1834. {Wind W.S.W. Fresh breeze and clear.) 



Name of place. 



Tide 

 Gauge at 

 London 

 Bridge. 



Distance 



from 

 London 

 Bridge. 



Time 

 from low 

 Water. 



Velocity 

 at each 

 place. 



Thirty yards above 

 White Hart 



6iWhiteHart,Barnes. 



6 miles . . . ^ 



5J miles 



5 miles (Chiswick) . . 



Water Works 



4^ miles 



HammersmitliBridge. 



4 miles 



3^ miles 



3 miles from Chelsea 

 Bridge 



2§ miles 



Putney Bridge 



2 miles 



1^ mile( Wandsworth) 



1 mile 



i mile above 



Chelsea Bridge .... 



ChelseaBridge (Stairs) 



Vauxhall Bridge. . . . 



Horse Ferry 



Westminster Bridge . 



Hungerford Market . 



Waterloo Bridge . . . 



Blackfriars do 



Southwark do 



London do 



CustomHouse(centre) 

 Traitor'sGate(Tower) 

 St. Katherine's Dock 



entrance 



Miller's Wharf . . 



ft. in. 



50 





 11 

 35 

 54 



5 



19 

 25 

 40 



58 

 16i 



2H 

 34 

 47i 

 2i 

 16 

 31 

 55 

 26 

 40 

 SO 



' a 



20 

 29 

 34 



7 42 

 7 51 



8 

 8 10 



9 10 



10 5 



10 7 



11 2 



12 



12 9 



13 



13 6 



14 1 



14 8 



15 2 



15 8 



16 6 



17 5 



17 10 



18 1 



18 6 



18 10 



19 

 19 2 



19 3 



19 



miles. 



11-30 



11-29 



11-04 



10-54 



10-04 



9-66 



9-54 



9-20 



9-04 



8-54 



8-04 

 7-54 

 7-48 

 7-04 

 6-54 

 6-04 

 5-54 

 5-04 

 4-21 

 2-95 

 2-42 

 2-00 

 1-50 

 1-34 

 0-75 

 0-28 

 000 



0-12 

 1-36 

 1-25 

 1-58 

 2-07 

 1-60 

 2-11 

 1-66 

 200 



1-67 

 1-62 

 0-72 

 2-11 

 2-22 

 2-00 

 2-22 

 200 

 206 

 2-44 

 2-25 

 2-55 



2-26 

 2-83 

 3-13 

 3-37 



Low water at London Bridge. 

 High water at ditto. 



! I under Trinity high-water mark. 



