The Measure of the earth : being an account of several observations made for that purpose by divers members of the Royal Academy of Science at Paris / / translated out of the French by Richard Waller, fellow of the Royal Society |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Printed by W. Onley for Henry Nelme ..., 1697 |
Descrizione fisica | [3], 40 p., [5] p. of plates : ill |
Altri autori (Persone) | WallerRichard |
Soggetto topico | Geodesy |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996385508003316 |
London, : Printed by W. Onley for Henry Nelme ..., 1697 | ||
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Physics of the earth . Volume 2 The figure of the earth |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, : National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, [1931] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (292 pages) |
Disciplina | 551 |
Collana | Bulletin of the National Research Council |
Soggetto topico |
Geophysics
Meteorology Ocean Volcanoes |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 “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"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812666603321 |
Washington, : National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, [1931] | ||
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