Physics of the earth . Volume 2 The figure of the earth

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910777578503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, : National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, [1931]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (292 pages)
• Collana: Bulletin of the National Research Council ; ; no. 78
• Disciplina: 551
• Soggetti: Geophysics; Meteorology; Ocean; Volcanoes; Earth Age; Earth Figure
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: At head of title: Bulletin of the National Research Council, no. 78, February 1931.; Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""BULLETIN OF THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL""; ""FOREWORD""; ""Contents""; ""TIDES, OCEAN, AND EARTH""; ""CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER II TIDAL THEORY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER III TIDAL COMPUTATIONS AND PREDICTIONS""; ""TREATMENT OF TIDE RECORDS""; ""PREDICTION OF TIDES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER IV MEAN SEA-LEVEL""; ""VARIATIONS IN SEA-LEVEL""; ""CAUSES OF VARIATION""; ""THE DETERMINATION OF MEAN SEA-LEVEL""; ""THE MEAN SEA-LEVEL SURFACE""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER V EARTH TIDES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER VI TIDAL FRICTION""; ""NOTATION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""GRAVITY, DEFLECTION OF THE VERTICAL, AND ISOSTASY""""CHAPTER VII ISOSTASY""; ""GLOSSARY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER VIII THE INFLUENCE OF ISOSTASY ON GEOLOGICAL THOUGHT""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER IX THE SHAPE AND SIZE OF THE EARTH""; ""DETERMINATIONS OF THE FIGURE OF THE EARTH BY OBSERVATIONS ; OF GRAVITY""; ""LUNAR METHODS OF DETERMINING THE FLATTENING OF THE EARTH""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER X DETERMINATION OF “gâ€? BY MEANS OF THE FREE SWINGING PENDULUM""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""ABSOLUTE DETERMINATIONS OF GRAVITY""; ""RELATIVE DETERMINATIONS OF GRAVITY""; ""MODERN GRAVITY APPARATUS""; ""SUGGESTIONS FOR ADDITIONAL READING""""CHAPTER XIII ON SOME OF THE GREATER PROBLEMS OF PHYSICAL GEOLOGY""; ""CHAPTER XIV THE DETERMINATION OF ELEVATIONS""; ""METHOD""; ""CLASSIFICATION OF LEVELING""; ""THE FUNDAMENTAL LEVEL NET""; ""DATUM""; ""ACCURACY""; ""VARIATION OF MEAN SEA-LEVEL FROM A LEVEL SURFACE""; ""ELEVATIONS OF MOUNTAIN PEAKS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER XV THE DETERMINATION OF GEOGRAPHIC POSITIONS""; ""GEOGRAPHIC POSITIONS DETERMINED BY GEODETIC METHODS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""VARIATION OF LATITUDE""; ""CHAPTER XVI THE VARIATION OF LATITUDE""; ""PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS""; ""HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT""""OBSERVATIONS ON THE VARIATION OF LATITUDE""; ""THE THEORETICAL CURVE OF POLAR MOTION""; ""THE OBSERVED MOTION OF THE POLE""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""SECULAR MOTION OF THE POLE""; ""OTHER PHENOMENA IN THE VARIATION OF LATITUDE""; ""GEOPHYSICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE VARIATION OF LATITUDE""; ""ASTRONOMICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE VARIATION OF LATITUDE""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE""; ""INDEX""