A Treatise on Attractions, Laplace's Functions and the Figure of the EarthMacmillan, 1865 - 162 páginas |
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... amount of perturbation in the moon's motion in latitude , ( 3 ) the amount of precession , and ( 4 ) the value of the earth's ellipticity ; and by comparing these results with those of observation and experiment . Remarks on the ...
... amount of perturbation in the moon's motion in latitude , ( 3 ) the amount of precession , and ( 4 ) the value of the earth's ellipticity ; and by comparing these results with those of observation and experiment . Remarks on the ...
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... amounts of local attraction at stations on the Indian Arc 147 · 152. Mean and geodetic arcs of longitude sensibly the same 153. Effect of local attraction in mapping a country 154. On the curvature of particular arcs 150 151 . 152 156 ...
... amounts of local attraction at stations on the Indian Arc 147 · 152. Mean and geodetic arcs of longitude sensibly the same 153. Effect of local attraction in mapping a country 154. On the curvature of particular arcs 150 151 . 152 156 ...
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... amount of attraction exerted by spherical , spheroidal , and irregular nearly - spherical masses upon a particle , and apply our results in the second part of this Treatise to discover the Figure of the Earth . We shall also show how ...
... amount of attraction exerted by spherical , spheroidal , and irregular nearly - spherical masses upon a particle , and apply our results in the second part of this Treatise to discover the Figure of the Earth . We shall also show how ...
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... amount of the attractive force of the body depends . 20. As the axes and origin of co - ordinates in the previous Article are altogether arbitrary , it follows that if r be the distance of the attracted point from any fixed point in the ...
... amount of the attractive force of the body depends . 20. As the axes and origin of co - ordinates in the previous Article are altogether arbitrary , it follows that if r be the distance of the attracted point from any fixed point in the ...
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... amount . With regard to the objection of discontinuity , there appears to be no sufficient ground for it . There is no question , that the property de- duced ( as enunciated in our Proposition ) is true , at any rate for rational ...
... amount . With regard to the objection of discontinuity , there appears to be no sufficient ground for it . There is no question , that the property de- duced ( as enunciated in our Proposition ) is true , at any rate for rational ...
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amplitude angle attracted particle axes axis calculation Cape Comorin centre Clairaut's Theorem co-ordinates coefficient compartments cos 2m cos² crust Damargida deduced deflection difference distance earth earth's mass effect ellipticity equal equation equilibrium expansion find the attraction fluid mass fluid theory formula geodesy gravity height Hence Himmalayas hypothesis Indian Arc integration Kaliana Kalianpur Laplace's Equation Laplace's Functions last Article latitude law of attraction length longitude mean arc mean ellipse mean figure measured Mechanical Philosophy meniscus meridian miles nearly spherical ocean Ordnance Survey pendulum experiments plumb-line pole precession prism PROP quantities radius result rigid sea-level semi-axes series of Laplace's shell sin² solid sphere spheroid square station strata suppose T₂ thickness tion δα µ² µ³
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