The Tides and Tidal Streams of the British Islands The North Sea and the North Coast of France

C6b. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Printed for the Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, by Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, UK. 1909. Vii, 396 pages. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in blue cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (boards are rubbed and worn). Previous owner's name present to the title page and to the reverse of the title page. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Thomas Henry Tizard CB FRS (1839 – 17 February 1924) was an English oceanographer, hydrographic surveyor, and navigator. He was born in Weymouth, Dorset and educated at the Royal Hospital School, Greenwich, at that time noted for its advanced mathematical training. He entered the Royal Navy by competitive examination as master's assistant in 1854 and served in the Baltic during the Crimean war. In 1860 he was promoted second master and commenced surveying in the Rifleman Reed, during which time he commanded the tender Saracen for three years. Tizard was largely responsible for an important series of observations on the surface and under-currents in the Straits of Gibraltar, which set at rest the vexed question of the movements of these waters. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .