Figure 5. An Aime tide gauge. Aime's tidal studies began at the port of Algiers in 1838. Aime designed a prismatic lead tube supported by wood and providedwith a filtering mechanism at its base that attenuated wave motion. A woodfloat connected to
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Photographer: Y. Berard
Credit: Oceanographic Museum of Monaco
Subject: Oceanography