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ESTABLISHMENT OF A PORT

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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 789 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ESTABLISHMENT OF A See also:PORT , the technical expression for the See also:time that elapses between the See also:moon's transit across the See also:meridian at new or full moon at a given See also:place and the time of high See also:water at that place. The See also:interval (See also:constant at any one place) may vary from 6 mins. (See also:Harwich) to 11 hrs. 45 mins. (See also:North See also:Foreland). At See also:London See also:Bridge it is 1 hr. 58 mins.

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