. The Bahama Islands. Natural history; Scientific expeditions. TIDES AND BENCH MARKS AT NASSAU, NEW PROVIDENCE BY L. p. SHIDY, Chief of the Tidal Division, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. INTRODUCTION. In the latter part of June, 1903, Dr. Oliver L. Fassig, a member of the Bahama Expedition of the Geographical Society, of Baltimore, established an automatic tide gauge at iSTassau, Xew Providence. The gauge, one of the Nassau Harbor .o^. ScA uE Of Feet. Fig. 1.—Diagram Showing Location of Tide Gauge and Bench Marks. Saxton type, No. 49, scale 1: 9 (Plate XIV, Fig. 2), was loaned by the U. S. C
. The Bahama Islands. Natural history; Scientific expeditions. TIDES AND BENCH MARKS AT NASSAU, NEW PROVIDENCE BY L. p. SHIDY, Chief of the Tidal Division, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. INTRODUCTION. In the latter part of June, 1903, Dr. Oliver L. Fassig, a member of the Bahama Expedition of the Geographical Society, of Baltimore, established an automatic tide gauge at iSTassau, Xew Providence. The gauge, one of the Nassau Harbor .o^. ScA uE Of Feet. Fig. 1.—Diagram Showing Location of Tide Gauge and Bench Marks. Saxton type, No. 49, scale 1: 9 (Plate XIV, Fig. 2), was loaned by the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey to the Geographical Society of Baltimore. Through the courtesy of ]\Ir. H. ^I. Flagler, this gauge was located in the Basin or Boat Camber of the Colonial Hotel grounds, about an eighth of a mile. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Geographical Society of Baltimore; Bahama Expedition (1903); Shattuck, George Burbank, b. 1869. [Baltimore] : Johns Hopkins Press ; New York : Macmillan
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