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...houses back of Beacon street, that any stopping of the ebb of the tide from the Charles River Basin twice daily would injure certain channels of the harbor, but in opposition to this contention several of the most eminent engineers of the state have expressed the opinion that the tidal scour theory has no application to the conditions which exist in those channels of Boston Harbor over which the tidal prism of the Charles river Basin moves...
...form it is not expected to meet with any serious opposition. The project was considered by two commissions previously,--Health Commissioners who reported in favor of the dam, and the River and Harbor Commissioners who reported against it, chiefly on the ground that the change would interfere with the tidal scour. Since the reclaiming of so much marsh land beside the river, the consideration of tidal scour has become unimportant, and should not be a considerable factor in the present discussions...
...competitors may be mentioned the London Rowing Club, the Thames Rowing Club, the Kingston Rowing club, the Moulsey Boat Club, the Royal Chester Rowing Club, and the school boy clubs of Eton and Radley. The course is one mile and 550 yards in length and the water is non-tidal. The level of the water is, therefore, during the regatta unvarying and the direction of the stream is always the same...
...race between Oxford and Cambridge over the tidal course from Putney to Mortlake (4 1-4 miles) is held just before Easter. The college races at Oxford are held towards the end of May; at Cambridge in the beginning of June. Henley Regatta usually begins about July 9 There is, therefore, plenty of time for colleges which have been successful in their local races to re-form their crews and send them to Henley. Those university men who may not be rowing in a college crew entered at Henley can be and often are drafted into the crews...
Geological Conference. Papers: An Elementary Demonstration of the Tides. Professor Davis.- Tidal Scour. Mr. F. P. Gulliver. Geological Laboratory, Room...