Contents vii 



4. The tidal phenomena in narrow embayments 350 



5. Relations between tidal current and co-tidal and co-range lines 354 



6. Conditions along shores and disturbances on account of bays and islands 357 



7. Computation of the tide from tidal current measurements 359 



XII. Tides in the Mediterranean and Adjacent Seas. Observations and 

 Discussion 



1. The tides of the North Sea 364 



2. The tides of the Kattegat and the Baltic Sea 372 



3. The tides of the English Channel and the South-western North Sea 377 



4. The tides of the Irish Sea 384 



5. The tides of the Mediterranean 388 



6. The tides of the Strait of Messina 395 



7. The tides of the Adriatic 399 



8. The tides of the Aegean Sea 403 



9. The tides of the Black Sea 404 



10. The tides of the Red Sea 407 



11. The tides of the Persian Gulf 413 



12. The tides of the East Indian Archipelago 417 



13. The tides of the Eastern China Sea 423 



14. The tides of the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk 426 



15. The tides of the Bering Sea 433 



16. The tides of the Gulf of California 434 



17. The tides of the Gulf of Mexico 435 



18. The tides of the Gulf of St. Lawrence 439 



19. The tides of the Bay of Fundy 443 



20. The tides of the White Sea and of the Gorlo 445 



21. The tides of the North Polar Basin or Arctic Ocean 446 



22. The Tides in Inland Seas 452 



XIII. Tides in Estuaries 



1. Observations 457 



2. Theoretical considerations regarding river tides 464 



3. Bores 469 



XIV. Tides of the Oceans 



1. First co-tidal chart of the oceans 475 



2. Methods used to incorporate the observations presently available in maps 



of the tides of the oceans 477 



3. The charts of the tides in the various oceans 479 



4. The M 2 tide as the typical tide wave of the semi-diurnal tides 481 



5. The K x tide as the typical tide wave of the diurnal tides 491 



6. Tidal currents in the Atlantic Ocean 494 



7. Theoretical considerations on the semi-diurnal tides in the Oceans especially 



on those of the Atlantic Oceans 496 



XV. The Tides in Relation to Geophysical and Cosmic Problems 



1. The detection of the tides of the solid earth from tidal observations in shallow 



adjacent seas 504 



