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THE important question of the best means of effecting o*o the maximum reduction of wave action in harbour areas formed the subject of four papers read before the Institution of Civil Engineers on January 13. Next to affording the readiest and safest accessibility under extremely adverse conditions of weather and tide, the exclusion of storm waves, or rather their reduction within limits of harmlessness, is the most pressing concern of the harbour engineer. Unfortunately, the conditions essential to the attainment of the former desideratum are not often conducive to the realisation of the latter. The criticism has been passed on at least one modern harbour of importance that in tempestuous weather the sea is as rough inside as outside. Where large areas have to be enclosed in order to afford the necessary accommodation for shipping, it is a matter of considerable difficulty to provide simultaneously the equally necessary degree of shelter.
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CUNNINGHAM, B. The Reduction of Wave Action in Harbours. Nature 104, 614 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/104614a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/104614a0