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INGLIS, Alexander

Born Fordyce, Banffshire, Scotland, 26 January 1845; died Adelaide 1 May 1921. Merchant seaman, ca. 1860-70; ship's captain, 1870-80. Shipwright's Surveyor & Examiner of Mates, South Australia, 1880-81. Harbourmaster, Port Adelaide, South Australia, 1881-1915.
  1. (With R.W. Chapman) The tides of Port Adelaide. Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science. Report of the Meeting., 5 (Adelaide, 1893), 277-279.
  2. Description of a tide-predicting machine. Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science. Report of the Meeting., 7 (Sydney, 1898), 239-241.
  3. (With R.W. Chapman) The tides of South Australia. Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science. Report of the Meeting., 7 (Sydney, 1898), 241-244.
  4. (With R.W. Chapman) The tides of Port Darwin. Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science. Report of the Meeting., 9 (Hobart, 1902), 67-68.
  5. (With R.W. Chapman) Australian tides. Adelaide: Vardon & Pritchard, 1903. 18pp. + 7 plates.
  6. A new tide predictor. Adelaide: G. Hassell & Son, 1918. 12p.
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