04023nam 2200625Ia 450 991045176480332120180612234040.0(CKB)1000000000450935(EBL)3377703(SSID)ssj0000221619(PQKBManifestationID)11192559(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000221619(PQKBWorkID)10162119(PQKB)10933378(OCoLC)726823327(MiAaPQ)EBC3377703(EXLCZ)99100000000045093519830716d1931 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPhysics of the earthVolume 2The figure of the earth[electronic resource]Washington National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences[1931]1 online resource (292 p.)Bulletin of the National Research Council ;no. 78At head of title: Bulletin of the National Research Council, no. 78, February 1931.Includes index.0-309-57106-5 ""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 “g� 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""Bulletin of the National Research Council ;no. 78.GeophysicsMeteorologyOceanVolcanoesEarthAgeEarthFigureElectronic books.Geophysics.Meteorology.Ocean.Volcanoes.551National Research Council (U.S.).Committee on Physics of the Earth.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451764803321Physics of the earth832196UNINA