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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Physics of the Earth.

Series:

Bulletin of the National Research Council ; no. 78.

Bulletin of the National Research Council ; no. 78

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geophysics.

Meteorology.

Ocean.

Volcanoes.

Earth (Planet)--Age.

Earth (Planet).

Earth (Planet)--Figure.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington : National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, [1931]

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""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""

Notes:

At head of title: Bulletin of the National Research Council, no. 78, February 1931.

Includes index.

OCLC:

726823327