A Treatise on Attractions, Laplace's Functions and the Figure of the EarthMacmillan, 1865 - 162 páginas |
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... solid or 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 ...
... solid or 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 ...
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... solid or not , and refers solely to the form , not the condition . And in general when we say a body has a " surface of equilibrium , ” we mean that the surface though solid would retain its form if it became fluid , all other things ...
... solid or not , and refers solely to the form , not the condition . And in general when we say a body has a " surface of equilibrium , ” we mean that the surface though solid would retain its form if it became fluid , all other things ...
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... solid and fluid parts follows that of the fluid law . That is , suppose that , not only the external surface is ( what our hypothesis assumes it to be ) a " spheroid of equili- brium , " but that all the interior mass , whether solid or ...
... solid and fluid parts follows that of the fluid law . That is , suppose that , not only the external surface is ( what our hypothesis assumes it to be ) a " spheroid of equili- brium , " but that all the interior mass , whether solid or ...
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... solid or fluid , but consisting of strata nearly spherical . This we have shown in Art . 74 is a necessary condition of the earth . Clairaut's Theorem is valuable as it enables us to determine the ellipticity by means of pendulum ...
... solid or fluid , but consisting of strata nearly spherical . This we have shown in Art . 74 is a necessary condition of the earth . Clairaut's Theorem is valuable as it enables us to determine the ellipticity by means of pendulum ...
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... solid materials , which with the fluids would arrange themselves according to fluid principles . But the interior parts could not thus arrange them- selves , as these calculations seem to show they have done , unless they had at one ...
... solid materials , which with the fluids would arrange themselves according to fluid principles . But the interior parts could not thus arrange them- selves , as these calculations seem to show they have done , unless they had at one ...
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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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