48 On the Heights of the Tides of the Atlantic Coast. 
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The following table of stations on or near the exterior coast- 
line of the United States, is taken from the more cee tables — 
of the Coast Survey, omitting stations which are up rivers or — 
bays, except in special cases the object of insemiing which will — 
obvious. 
tidal station, the state to which it belongs, the latitude, the longi- 
Table A contains a number for reference, the locality of the | 
tude, and the mean height of the tide in feet and tenths. 
TABLE A. : 
Heights of Tides on the Atlantic Coast of the United States. 
> Y La 33 e| Zu 
Z| Locality.” |Stato| — = 7 nf Locality. —_|State. — aa oe ‘ 
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1/Portland,..... Me. |43/39/70)14 88; ane Y./40|38/78|13) 21 
N.H.43/04'70/42 los Sands Point,. cael © (40/52/78/48) 77 
Mss. 142148170152 ma 24/San k,. a0 28°74 00 8 
..| © |42/37/7040) 8-9|/95 Cold Spring Inlet, N. J.|38 677445 4 
| « |42/31/70/54| 92/19 Ne May ci ccxs “ 138567457) 48 
« 42/29/7103 10°0||27, Old Pt. Comfort, .| Va. 37/00,76)18) 2 
ahs ek 57/70 40,101 a Hatteras Inlet, . .'N.C.)85)1275.43) 20) — 
“- |42/03,70)11| 9°2||29 Beaufort, ....... « |34|42 76/40) 28. 
11/40.67'45, 7-0 80. Cape. Feat wewee| “ |33/52,78)00) 44 
Mss. |41/33'6959) 3°8 81 Winyah Bay,....8. ©. 33 1479 8) 58 
« |41 15/7000 2°2||32 Charleston, ..... « |32|46,'79)/54/ 50 
“ |41/15,70.05) 1-2 88 Nth Eso iver « 139/33 80\18) 5 
“ |41/177016) 2-1/|34/Port Royal,..... « 139/17 80/40) 770 
“ 141)21)70 30) 1°7|/3 Sedaret Entr.. .| Ga. |32/02 8053) 7 
is 1207045 2°7||86 Sapelo, ........ “ /31/21/81/24| 66 
R. 1. /41/22)71'29) 3:1)/87)St. imine cous “ 131} 881 
« [41/29/7120 3-9|/38 St. Mary’s River,.| “ |30|42 81/36) 59] 
«441 10,71 84 2'8 a9) St. yee River, .| Fla, |30|20 81/38) 46 
N.Y}41 04/71, | 1-9 0 St. Augus « [99152 81/25/42) FF 
Ct. [41/20/71 54 23 2341 Hindlinn River Taist « /97/98 8019125) & 
“ 141 \42\ Cape Florida,....| “ |26 40 801091 15 | 801091 1°5 
a —— table of tides of localities on the coast of Cape , 
by him. I have taken from his table the heights which were 
rived from the greatest number of observations. The column 
means is the average of ee heights of spring and neap tides 12 
feet and tenths. The localities are arranged from the north 
southward on the outer coast; and in the Bay of Fundy from 
the entrance up t 
From the table of ( aptain Shortland I have selected onl 
few jooalities as specimens, having no wish to anticipate, throug) 
his pr the use which, he ‘vill doubtless make of his own 
* Major Graham, U.S. A. } Capt. Wilkes, U. 8. N. 
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