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mathematics to physical problems; and there
can be little doubt that, if he could have
been furnished with complete tidal obser-
vations from different parts of the world,
his extraordinary powers of analysis would
have enabled him to reach a satisfactory
theory. He certainly opened up many mines
full of intellectual gems; and his successors
have never ceased in their explorations. This
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