The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

Tide Day

Sea Terms

What is known as the tide day is the interval between two successive arrivals of the tide wave at the same point. This interval is not regular, and the shortening and lengthening of the tide day is known as the lagging and priming of the tides.

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