A Treatise on Attractions, Laplace's Functions and the Figure of the EarthMacmillan, 1865 - 162 páginas |
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... fluid state ? The problem is one of great interest , and involves many investigations of high importance . Taking the Law of Universal Gravitation as the basis , in the first part of the treatise , I calculate the resultant force ...
... fluid state ? The problem is one of great interest , and involves many investigations of high importance . Taking the Law of Universal Gravitation as the basis , in the first part of the treatise , I calculate the resultant force ...
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... fluid law , whether the mass is or has been fluid , in part or in whole , or not . This is contrary to the belief which some others have entertained . Four tests are next applied to the fluid theory of the earth ; by determining what is ...
... fluid law , whether the mass is or has been fluid , in part or in whole , or not . This is contrary to the belief which some others have entertained . Four tests are next applied to the fluid theory of the earth ; by determining what is ...
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... Fluid Homogeneous Mass . 68. A homogeneous mass of fluid , the law of attraction being the inverse square , can revolve with a uniform velocity round an axis , if it be in the form of an oblate spheroid of ellip- ticity , the angular ...
... Fluid Homogeneous Mass . 68. A homogeneous mass of fluid , the law of attraction being the inverse square , can revolve with a uniform velocity round an axis , if it be in the form of an oblate spheroid of ellip- ticity , the angular ...
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... fluid , must lie arranged according to the fluid law of density • PAGE 71 • 73 77 78 22 ib . ib . 80 85. Potential of the earth for an external point · · 81 § 3. Tests of the Fluid Theory of the Earth . 88. Four tests enumerated 89 ...
... fluid , must lie arranged according to the fluid law of density • PAGE 71 • 73 77 78 22 ib . ib . 80 85. Potential of the earth for an external point · · 81 § 3. Tests of the Fluid Theory of the Earth . 88. Four tests enumerated 89 ...
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... . Examples 156 • 160. The bed of the Pacific Ocean must have a density above the average 159 CONCLUSION . SUMMARY OF EVIDENCE THAT THE EARTH WAS ONCE FLUID 160 ATTRACTIONS AND LAPLACE'S FUNCTIONS . 1. THE Law of Universal xii CONTENTS .
... . Examples 156 • 160. The bed of the Pacific Ocean must have a density above the average 159 CONCLUSION . SUMMARY OF EVIDENCE THAT THE EARTH WAS ONCE FLUID 160 ATTRACTIONS AND LAPLACE'S FUNCTIONS . 1. THE Law of Universal xii CONTENTS .
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