# A Correct Tide Table, Shewing the True Times of the High-Waters at London-Bridge, to Every Day in the Year, 1684, By J. Flamsteed Math. Reg. & R. S. S.

**Author(s):** J. Flamsteed  
**Year:** 1685  
**Journal:** Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775)  
**Volume:** 15  
**Pages:** 6 pages  
**Identifier:** jstor-102187  
**JSTOR URL:** <https://www.jstor.org/stable/102187>  

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A Correct TIDE TABLE, shewing the true times of the High-Waters at London-Bridge, to every day in the year, 1684, By J. Flamsteed Math. Reg. & R. S.S.

| Day | January | February | March |
|-----|---------|----------|-------|
|     | Morning | Afternoon | Morning | Afternoon | Morning | Afternoon |
| 1   | 2       | 3        | 29     | 3         | 5       | 4        |
| 2   | 3       | 4        | 4      | 4         | 2       | 4        |
| 3   | 4       | 5        | 15     | 4         | 5       | 2        |
| 4   | 4       | 5        | 29     | 5         | 5       | 2        |
| 5   | 5       | 6        | 16     | 6         | 5       | 1        |
| 6   | 6       | 7        | 15     | 7         | 6       | 1        |
| 7   | 6       | 7        | 28     | 9         | 7       | 1        |
| 8   | 7       | 8        | 48     | 10        | 8       | 2        |
| 9   | 8       | 9        | 11     | 11        | 9       | 3        |
| 10  | 10      | 11       | 29     | 12        | 10      | 4        |
| 11  | 11      | 12       | 34     | 13        | 11      | 5        |
| 12  | 12      | 13       | 45     | 14        | 12      | 6        |
| 13  | 13      | 14       | 56     | 15        | 13      | 7        |
| 14  | 14      | 15       | 67     | 16        | 14      | 8        |
| 15  | 15      | 16       | 78     | 17        | 15      | 9        |
| 16  | 16      | 17       | 89     | 18        | 16      | 10       |
| 17  | 17      | 18       | 90     | 19        | 17      | 11       |
| 18  | 18      | 19       | 101    | 20        | 18      | 12       |
| 19  | 19      | 20       | 112    | 21        | 19      | 13       |
| 20  | 20      | 21       | 123    | 22        | 20      | 14       |
| 21  | 21      | 22       | 134    | 23        | 21      | 15       |
| 22  | 22      | 23       | 145    | 24        | 22      | 16       |
| 23  | 23      | 24       | 156    | 25        | 23      | 17       |
| 24  | 24      | 25       | 167    | 26        | 24      | 18       |
| 25  | 25      | 26       | 178    | 27        | 25      | 19       |
| 26  | 26      | 27       | 189    | 28        | 26      | 20       |
| 27  | 27      | 28       | 190    | 29        | 27      | 21       |
| 28  | 28      | 29       | 201    | 30        | 28      | 22       |
| 29  | 29      | 30       | 212    | 31        | 29      | 23       |
| 30  | 30      | 31       | 223    |           | 30      | 24       |
| 31  | 31      |           |        |           | 31      | 25       |

April
| Day | April | May | June |
|-----|-------|-----|------|
|     | Morning | Afternoon | Morning | Afternoon | Morning | Afternoon |
| 1   | 3      | 5    | 4    | 10       | 4        | 20      |
| 2   | 4      | 3    | 4    | 5        | 14       | 5       |
| 3   | 5      | 14   | 5    | 41       | 6        | 10      |
| 4   | 6      | 9    | 11   | 6        | 43       | 7       |
| 5   | 7      | 18   | 7    | 54       | 8        | 17      |
| 6   | 8      | 33   | 9    | 11       | 9        | 23      |
| 7   | 9      | 48   | 10   | 25       | 10       | 25      |
| 8   | 10     | 58   | 11   | 30       | 11       | 23      |
| 9   | 10     | 0    | 0    | 0        | 0        | 17      |
| 10  | 0      | 29   | 0    | 55       | 0        | 43      |
| 11  | 1      | 19   | 1    | 41       | 1        | 32      |
| 12  | 2      | 03   | 2    | 22       | 2        | 15      |
| 13  | 2      | 40   | 2    | 57       | 2        | 53      |
| 14  | 3      | 14   | 3    | 30       | 3        | 27      |
| 15  | 3      | 46   | 4    | 00       | 4        | 00      |
| 16  | 4      | 16   | 4    | 33       | 4        | 34      |
| 17  | 4      | 51   | 5    | 11       | 5        | 12      |
| 18  | 5      | 0    | 32   | 5        | 5        | 54      |
| 19  | 6      | 22   | 6    | 48       | 6        | 40      |
| 20  | 7      | 16   | 7    | 45       | 7        | 32      |
| 21  | 8      | 13   | 8    | 46       | 8        | 28      |
| 22  | 9      | 16   | 9    | 45       | 9        | 26      |
| 23  | 10     | 15   | 10   | 46       | 10       | 26      |
| 24  | 11     | 15   | 11   | 14       | 11       | 28      |
| 25  | 0      | 0    | 12   |          | 0        | 30      |
| 26  | 0      | 41   | 1    | 08       | 1        | 01      |
| 27  | 1      | 34   | 1    | 58       | 1        | 59      |
| 28  | 2      | 21   | 2    | 43       | 2        | 50      |
| 29  | 3      | 03   | 3    | 24       | 3        | 34      |
| 30  | 3      | 45   | 4    | 05       | 4        | 19      |
| 31  | 5      | 03   | 5    | 23       |          |         |

July
| Day | July | August | September |
|-----|------|--------|-----------|
|     | Morning | Afternoon | Morning | Afternoon | Morning | Afternoon |
| 1   | 6      | 8       | 7        | 0        | 8       | 4       |
| 2   | 6      | 5       | 8        | 10       | 9       | 5       |
| 3   | 7      | 4       | 9        | 8        | 10      | 5       |
| 4   | 8      | 0       | 10       | 16       | 10      | 4       |
| 5   | 9      | 4       | 11       | 21       | 11      | 5       |
| 6   | 10     | 4       | 12       | 25       | 12      | 6       |
| 7   | 11     | 5       | 13       | 30       | 13      | 7       |
| 8   | 12     | 6       | 14       | 35       | 14      | 8       |
| 9   | 13     | 7       | 15       | 40       | 15      | 9       |
| 10  | 14     | 8       | 16       | 45       | 16      | 10      |
| 11  | 15     | 9       | 17       | 50       | 17      | 11      |
| 12  | 16     | 10      | 18       | 55       | 18      | 12      |
| 13  | 17     | 11      | 19       | 60       | 19      | 13      |
| 14  | 18     | 12      | 20       | 65       | 20      | 14      |
| 15  | 19     | 13      | 21       | 70       | 21      | 15      |
| 16  | 20     | 14      | 22       | 75       | 22      | 16      |
| 17  | 21     | 15      | 23       | 80       | 23      | 17      |
| 18  | 22     | 16      | 24       | 85       | 24      | 18      |
| 19  | 23     | 17      | 25       | 90       | 25      | 19      |
| 20  | 24     | 18      | 26       | 95       | 26      | 20      |
| 21  | 25     | 19      | 27       | 100      | 27      | 21      |
| 22  | 26     | 20      | 28       | 105      | 28      | 22      |
| 23  | 27     | 21      | 29       | 110      | 29      | 23      |
| 24  | 28     | 22      | 30       | 115      | 30      | 24      |
| 25  | 29     | 23      | 31       | 120      | 31      | 25      |
| 26  | 30     | 24      | 32       | 125      |          |          |
| 27  | 31     | 25      | 33       | 130      |          |          |
| 28  |        |         |          |          |          |          |
| 29  |        |         |          |          |          |          |
| 30  |        |         |          |          |          |          |
| 31  |        |         |          |          |          |          |

October
| Day | October Morning | Afternoon | November Morning | Afternoon | December Morning | Afternoon |
|-----|-----------------|-----------|------------------|-----------|------------------|-----------|
|     | H. M.           | M.        | H. M.            | M.        | H. M.            | M.        |
| 1   | 9 26           | 9 56      | 10 38           | 11 07     | 10 28           | 10 59     |
| 2   | 10 27          | 10 58     | 11 36           |           | 11 29           |           |
| 3   | 11 02          | 11 57     | 0 03            | 33        | 0 01            | 33        |
| 4   |               | 0 23      | 0 56            | 20        | 1 05            | 1 35      |
| 5   |               | 0 48      | 1 12            |           | 2 04            | 2 30      |
| 6   |               | 1 35      | 1 56            |           | 2 55            | 3 17      |
| 7   |               | 2 16      | 2 33            |           | 3 38            | 4 00      |
| 8   |               | 2 51      | 3 09            |           | 4 21            | 4 43      |
| 9   |               | 3 27      | 3 45            |           | 5 04            | 5 27      |
| 10  |               | 4 02      | 4 21            |           | 5 51            | 6 16      |
| 11  |               | 4 42      | 5 05            |           | 6 42            | 7 07      |
| 12  |               | 5 28      | 5 57            |           | 7 03            | 8 02      |
| 13  |               | 6 27      | 6 59            |           | 8 30            | 9 00      |
| 14  |               | 7 35      | 8 13            |           | 9 31            | 10 02     |
| 15  |               | 8 51      | 9 29            |           | 10 33           | 11 03     |
| 16  |               | 10 04     | 10 39           |           | 11 35           |           |
| 17  |               | 11 02     | 11 44           |           | 0 04            | 34        |
| 18  |               | 0 12      | 0 52            | 16        | 1 02            | 28        |
| 19  |               | 0 40      | 1 05            |           | 1 53            | 2 15      |
| 20  |               | 1 30      | 1 53            |           | 2 36            | 2 55      |
| 21  |               | 2 15      | 2 34            |           | 3 13            | 3 29      |
| 22  |               | 2 52      | 3 10            |           | 3 46            | 4 01      |
| 23  |               | 3 27      | 3 43            |           | 4 16            | 4 32      |
| 24  |               | 4 00      | 4 18            |           | 4 47            | 5 03      |
| 25  |               | 4 36      | 4 54            |           | 5 19            | 5 37      |
| 26  |               | 5 14      | 5 36            |           | 5 56            | 6 15      |
| 27  |               | 6 00      | 6 25            |           | 6 37            | 7 00      |
| 28  |               | 6 58      | 7 18            |           | 7 25            | 7 52      |
| 29  |               | 7 47      | 8 16            |           | 8 21            | 8 52      |
| 30  |               | 8 44      | 9 13            |           | 9 24            | 9 59      |
| 31  |               | 9 04      | 10 10           |           | 10 35           | 11 26     |

Directions
Directions for the use of the foregoing Tide-table.

stands for Sunday.

This Table may be made to serve the underwritten places by

Adding,

For Tinmouth-haven, Hartlepool, and Amsterdam 0 30
Brest 1 00
Silly 1 45
Mounts-Bay 1 55
Bridlington-Peer, and Humber 2 00
Fowey, Looe, and Plymouth 3 10
Weymouth, Dartmouth, Hamborough, and Hull 3 30
Torbay, and Tinmouth 3 40
Exmouth, and Topsham, and Lyme 3 50
Weymouth 4 20
Bridgwater, and Texell 4 45
Portland, Hareflew, and without the Ulle 5 40

Subtracting,

For Leith, Maes, and Gouries-Gut 0 15
Gravesend, Rochester, and Rammekins 1 00
Buoy of the Nore, and Flushing 1 20
Shoe-Beacon, Portsmouth, Redsand, and Ostend 2 30
Spithead, Harwich, Dover, Calice, Dublin 3 00
Orfordnesse, Gunfleet, Hastings, Shoreham, Deip 4 00
Needles, and Yarmouth-Peer 4 40
St Hellens, and Haver de Grace. 5 30

Note, that when by reason of long Droughts in Summer, or continuall hard Frosts in Winter, the Fresh Waters are low, as also when the Wind blows hard at N. or NW. the Tides may hold up longer in the River of Thames, then the time shewed in the Table, by half an hour. But when the Wind blows hard at W. or W by S. or there are great Freshes; they hold not out so long by sometimes near half an hour.

The Solu-