Tides - A Scientific History

Preface Acknowledgements 1. Introduction - The Overall Pattern of Inquiry 2. Early Ideas and Observations 3. What Moon Maketh a Full Sea 4. Towards Newton 5. Newton and the Prize Essayists - The Equilibrium Theory 6. Measurements and Empirical Studies, 1650-1825 7. Laplace and 19th Century Hydrodynamics 8. Local Analysis and Prediction in the 19th Century 9. Towards a Map of Cotidal Lines 10. Tides of the Geosphere - The Birth of Geophysics 11. Tidal Researches Between World Wars I and II 12. The Impact of Automatic Computers, 1950-1980 13. The Impact of Instrument Technology, 1960-1990 14. The Impact of Satellite Technology, 1970-1995 15. Recent Advances in Miscellaneous Topics, and Final Retrospect Appendix A: Common Astronomical Terms Appendix B: Terms Commonly Applied to Tides Appendix C: Development of the Tide-Generating Potential Appendix D: Internal Tidal Waves in a Flat Rotating Sea of Uniform Depth; Extension to Air Tides Appendix E: Some Simplified Cases of Barotropic Waves of Second Class - Rossby Waves and Continental Shelf Waves Appendix F: Spherical Harmonic Expansion of a Globally Defined Tide Constituent Aurthor Index Subject Index