CONTENTS. V 



Page. 



Asia, south coast 385 



Africa 389 



Europe, Mediterranean Sea 392 



Europe, west coast (exclusive of Arctic Zone) 395 



British Isles 399 



Antarctic Regions 401 



Inland Lakes 40 1 



Supplemental list 402 



Compound and long-period components 403 



Index 414 



ILLLUSTRATIONS. 



1 . Component tide curve 4 



2. Equilibrium tide with moon on the equator, section through poles 6 



3. Equilibrium tide with moon on the equator, sections perpendicular 



to axis 6 



4. Equilibrium tide with moon in north declination, section through 



poles 7 



5. Equilibrium tide with moon in north declination, sections perpendicular 



to axis • 7 



6. Intersections of ecliptic, celestial equator, and moon's orbit 13 



7. Tide-producing force 17 



8. Surface of equilibrium 25 



9. Development of equilibrium tide 29 



10. Relation of elements in equilibrium tide 34 



11. Relations of Fp-|-M, i", and K . 39 



12. Tide-predicting machine, view of dial case and height side 126 



13. Tide-predicting machine, view of time side 127 



14. Tide-predicting machine, view of rear end and height side 126 



15. Tide-predicting machine, main driving gears 127 



16. Tide-predicting machine, dial case, side view 130 



17. Tide-predicting machine, dial case and front component section, 



time side. _: 131 



18. Tide-predicting machine, vertical driving shaft of front component 



section 130 



19. Tide-predicting machine, forward driving shaft of rear component 



section 131 



20. Tide-predicting machine, details of releasable gears 134 



21. Tide-predicting machine, details of component cranks 134 



22. Form 362,- hourly heights 143 



23. Stencil for component M 144 



24. Application of stencil 145 



25. Form 142, stencil sums 146 



26. Form 142, computation of hourly means 147 



27. Form 244, computation of Vr,+u 148 



28. Form 244a, Log F and arguments for elimination 149 



29. Form 194, harmonic analysis 150 



30. Form 452, R, k, and f from analysis and inference, diurnal components, 153 



31. Form 452, R, k, and f from analysis and inference, semidiurnal com- 



ponents 154 



32. Form 245, elimination of component effects 155 



33. Form 444, standard harmonic constants for predictions 156 



34. Form 445, settings for tide-predicting machine , 159 



