 | 1824 - 966 Seiten
...from the greatest amplitude, was found t * > I ir , | y , a fraction of which the numerator expresses the difference between the equatorial and polar diameters of the earth, and the denominator the length of the diameter at the equator. ThesercsultgjSodiffcrentfrom one another,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1824 - 966 Seiten
...deduced from the greatest amplitude, was found to be j } s , a fraction of which the numerator expresses the difference between the equatorial and polar diameters of the earth, and the denominator the length of the diameter at the equator. These resiUts,sodifferent from one ¡mother,... | |
 | Basil Hall - 1824 - 492 Seiten
...ellipticity or compression of the earth is expressed by the fraction -j^; where the numerator expresses the difference between the equatorial and polar diameters of the earth, and the denominator the length of the diameter at the equator. The details of these experiments have been... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1824 - 966 Seiten
...from the greatest amplitude, was found to be j ^ „ , a fraction of which the • numerator expresses the difference between the equatorial and polar diameters of the earth, and the denominator the length of the diameter at the equator. These results, soditferent from one another,... | |
 | 1824 - 808 Seiten
...experiments at Galapagos, is ттт> аш^ *rom those at San Bias, TTy.1-T) the numerator expressing the difference between the equatorial and polar diameters of the earth, and the denominator the length of the diameter at the equator. These results, so different from each other,... | |
 | 1825 - 468 Seiten
...enabled to determine the increase of the gravitating force from the equator towards the poles, and the difference between the equatorial and polar diameters of the earth ; and by discussing the observations made previously to the voyage of Captain Sabine, including one made... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1825 - 464 Seiten
...enabled to determine the increase of the gravitating force from the equator towards the poles,. and the difference between the equatorial and polar diameters of the earth; and by discussing the observations made previously to the voyage of Captain Sabine, including one made... | |
 | John Narrien - 1833 - 564 Seiten
...in the lengths of the pendulums accord with the law of the variations of the force of gravity (ihe squares of the sines of the latitudes) warrants the...the terrestrial surface. In the eleventh book of the Mticanique celeste this illustrious mathematician and astronomer also considers the question whether... | |
 | Thomas Stantial - 1859 - 352 Seiten
...also who have proved this fact by actual voyage ; and name the first person who did so. 2. What is the difference between the equatorial and polar diameters of the earth ; and how may this difference be accounted for ? 3. Of what system is the earth a part ; and what position... | |
 | Thomas O'Conor Sloane - 1909 - 348 Seiten
...the equator than in the polar regions, principally on account of centrifugal force, partly on account of the difference between the equatorial and polar diameters of the earth. The force of gravity of the earth is called its gravitation. As the earth is indefinitely large with... | |
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¡mother, and so contrary to the ideas which had been formed respecting the figure of the terrestrial globe, would seem to indicate great irregularity ; and as there can be little doubt of the accuracy of... 