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GENERAL INDEX.
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Tides—Tables containing a Record
of a Series of Observations on the
Tides in Bombay Harbour from
1835 to 1840, by Captain Ross, vi.
231; preliminary remarks by Dr
Buist, secretary, 231; tidal peculiari
ties in various parts of the world,
232-234; co-tidal lines, 234; semi-men
strual inequality of the tides, 235;
suggestions for persons who have
opportunities for observing the tides,
236-238; account of the mode of col
lecting the observations, 238; dia
gram of an ingenious piece of me
chanism made use of for registering
the rise and fall of the tides, 240;
two diagrams illustrative of tide-
gauges, 241-242; Bengal observations,
244; Madras observations, 245; tables
illustrative of these, 246, 247; Bom
bay observations, 247; on the altitude
of day and night tides, 248, 249; ac
count of tidal peculiarities in the
Gulf of Cambay, 250-255 ; list of
tables giving the results of the ob
servations, 256-323.
Tides, account of an ingenious piece of
mechanism for registering the rise
and fall of the, with a diagram, vi. 240.
*Tides, and tidal currents, information
on, ix. 81.
Tides, influence of cyclones on the, viii.
.27.
Tides, on the altitude of day and night,
vi. 248, 249.
Tides in the Red Sea, account of the,
xiv. 2.
Tides, suggestions for persons who have
opportunities for observing the, vi.
236-238.
Tides, table of the accelerations of the,
for each hour of the moon’s transit,
xvii. 4.
Tides, table of the semi-menstrual, in
equality of, xvii. 5.
Tiez, the ancient Tiza, a city on the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , xiii. 138.
Tigris and Euphrates, Note on the
Practioability of Advancing an
Army from Europe into Asia, by the
Provinces of the, by Dr J. W. Win
chester, vi. 184, et seq .
Tigris, the River, Researches in the
Vicinity of the Median Wall of
Xenophon, and along the Old
Course of the, by Felix Jones, x.
47; introductory remarks, 48 ; pre
parations, 50-53; Kathemein, the town
and tomb of, 53-55; the district of
Taji, 55 ; description of certain ruins
and aqueducts on the Serakha lake,
58-61; the mound of Tel Goosh, 62 ;
the ruins of the town of Akbara, 68 ;
reflections on the site of ancient
Babylon, 68, 69, n.; the tomb of Kef-
Ali, 72; account of the Dijeil dis
tricts, 73-77 .; Syed Mahomed’s tomb,
82; the Dijeil canal, 86 ; copies of
inscriptions found at Harbeh, 87-91;
encampment at Jibbareh, 92 ; conjec
tures regarding the Median Wall, 96-
107; the ruins of Tel Dhahab, 108 ;
supposed site of the ancient Opis,
110, 116, n.; account of the dams or
weirs erected by the Persians, 114 ;
the bridge of the Phuskus, 118-121;
extracts from ancient historians and
geographers regarding the site of Opis
and the country in the neighbour
hood, 121-127; extract from a work
entitled Masudi, on the irruption of
the Tigris, 127; account of various
ruins and rivers, 129, 130 ; appendix,
containing the observations and bear
ings made on the journey, 130-138.
Tigris, the river, Persia, account of a re
markable floating bridge on the, x.
50, n.
^Tigris, the river, Persia, xvii. 119.
Tigris, the river, xvii. 59, 60, 125, 128.
Tigris, the river, present state of the,
xii. 69.
Tigris, a ship, xvi. 81, 82.
Tikeria, India, height above the sea,
(1763*8 feet,) ix. 347.
Tikiri, India, height above the sea,
(592*6 feet,) ix. 346.
Tiklidah, a town, Arabia, xi. 131.
Til, a Hindu term for a kind of pro
duce, iv. 96, et seq.
Tilabani, India, height above the sea,
(1336-1 feet,) ix. 347.
Tilwara, a town, India, ii. 53.
Timavush, a town, India, ii. 53.
Timbat, the island of, on the east coast
of Africa, vi. 49.
Timbree, a village, India, vi. 160.
Timbuctoo, Notes on the Kingdom of,
Africa, i. 97.
Timour, the island of, in the eastern
seas, xv. 104.
Timurpurah, a village, India, x. 30.
Timbee, a talooka or district of Babria-
war, India, vii. 72, 94.
Tingbzy, a section of the Dehirar tribe,
India, vi. 119.