340 <A. D. Bache on the Tidal Currents of New York Bay. 
in certain localities near the shore. It is not probable that the 
axis of the grand ebb current has moved northward to avoid 
Sandy Hook, but rather that it naturally converges at the mouth 
of New York Harbor, and that the weaker flood has not been 
the waves undoubtedly contributes by the standing of the mate- 
rials to this growth. The material on the inside is less favorable 
to the action of transportation, and the currents are lost at a 
moderate distance from the extremity of the Hook. 
Taste No. 1. 
Dec. Dec,| dec.'dec. 
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ik ep COO 20) SS 
‘Luni Cur. Dareis Interval | Velocity of curren ‘ 
Date. rent Inter: orc lgd after tide| in Sautieal miles Direction of Current. 
@ : val, of S.Ho’k per hour. 
1956, |3| Locality. Ebb |FI?d'yy04: inka General. 
a (Ebb. Fra. |Tot'l|Ebb.|Frd.jaft’r aftr M8xim’m) Mean. iat mene nce | 
ca h w.|L. w. Ebb, FI'd/Ebb,FT'd! Ebb, | Flood. } Ebo. | Flood 
H.M.|H, M.|H. M,|H.M,|H.M ae ee Mo.) Mn. 
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sney’s Channel. 
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July 13'Re P. Gnd of Gest 's 47114 S7{12 30/6 10'6 2010 55,0 55 1-15. 0-74| 0-70, 0°57 
Junction of | iw. 
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iney’s Channel, 
Ang. 1] # B-Aof Flynn's, sit 700} = 0 201 19 1°90f0-42) 1-15) BN-E. wae ene. | 
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FL eS aoe ' byw. 
ip 
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~ oe cn per ed aed 7 43)14 31 64s) loose 207, ey ™ 
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12 08 —10)1 00, 1-12 0-43) 0-47} ge |NwW. 
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compass. E 
—The minus sign is used to indicate that the slack current precedes the 
