Tides
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
Manuscript notes, narratives, data, lists of points to be included in papers, etc., by K. Weekes, c. 1936-1949
Manuscript notes, narratives, data, lists of points to be included in papers, etc., by K. Weekes, no date, c. 1936-1949.
Note about Calum Paton/Beaton, 1884
Note about Calum Paton/Beaton Calum mac Dhonill ic Iain, Skye, who could 'tell the hour to a minute by the moon stars and the sun - could also tell the state of the tides without seeing the shore'. Text has been scored through as if copied elsewhere.
Note about Dùn an Daill, South Uist and fish caught around it, c1872
Note about Dùn an Daill, Airi an Rugha, Iocar, South Uist [Airidh an Rubha, Ìochdar, Uibhist a Deas] and fish caught in the loch around it [Loch an Daill] by Finlay MacLeod, [pensioner, Àird Mhòr/Airdmore] including herrings and flounder and that the reddish colour of the smalag [cuddy] comes from the moss in the loch. Also notes that sea-water [sal] comes into the water on the spring tide.
Story about the theft of a corpse, 20 January 1871
Story of how Caisteal Stornaway was taken from the MacLeods by the MacKenzies, 20 January 1871
Story collected from Hector MacLeod, aged 85, at Caisteal Bhuirgh/Borve Castle, Lionacleit/Linaclate, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula telling how Caisteal Stornaway [Caisteal Steòrnabhaigh/Stornoway Castle, Eilean Leòdhais] was taken from the MacLeods by the MacKenzies. MacLeods people were locked in the castle and so MacKenzie took many people and tied them to a sgeir nearby so that when the tide rose MacLeod had to come out to rescue them and MacKenzie got into the castle.
Tides, c1780-c1803
Volume contains print and manuscript notes ostensibly on tides, but mostly on optics, with numerous diagrams and tables.
Wallisius de fluxu Maris, s.d.
Wallis on the tides, extracted in Gregory's hand.