Show r ftjluuch j < dispute has been raised about ft t a maximum height of ocean waves cL11rne scientists insisted that no one fC Vjnie Kafir saw an ocean wave higher than Ojjslrtythree feet but 0 communication J4 the Institution of Civil Engineers i ilL n Mr William Shield tho engineer engncer ijl f the Peterhead harbor works says Jtat at those works tho rccord of r ves were taken durlnga stormfrom I southeast which veered to the istSQUtheal3t with a velocity of wind Bln tom fiftyseven to clghtynlno t iilc3 per hour within thirtysix hours II11I0 waves carefully measured by in ijSuments were found to be irrcgu > rbot a to height and length but ffr Shield says that wave after wave jtyssed having a crest quite unbroken gUY twentytwo feet six inches above Inf 9e stilKwater level Assuming the riMjoughs to be as far below the still j > pter level as the crest was above It fpter would make the height of the iitr hvc fortylive feet |