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The National Academies Press

Physics of the Earth - II The Figure of the Earth

Bulletin of the National Research Council

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Size: 286 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:1931

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Subsidiary Committee on the Figure of the Earth, Committee on Physics of the Earth
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Front Matter	i-iv
Contents	v-vi	(skim)
Tides, Ocean, and Earth	1-2	(skim)
Chapter I. Introduction	3-18	(skim)
Chapter II. Tidal Theory	19-39	(skim)
Chapter III. Tidal Computations and Predictions	40-49	(skim)
Chapter IV. Mean Sea-Level	50-67	(skim)
Chapter V. Earth Tides	68-80	(skim)
Chapter VI. Tidal Friction	81-100	(skim)
Gravity, Deflection of the Vertical, and Isostasy	101-102	(skim)
Chapter VII. Isostasy	103-115	(skim)
Chapter VIII. The Influence of Isostasy on Geological Thought	116-122	(skim)
Chapter IX. The Shape and Size of the Earth	123-150	(skim)
Chapter X. Determination of	151-166	(skim)
Chapter XI. Gravity Measurements with the Eotvos Torsion Balance	167-190	(skim)
Chapter XII. Geodetic Instruments	191-200	(skim)
Chapter XIII. On Some of the Greater Problems of Physical Geology	201-211	(skim)
Chapter XIV. The Determination of Elevations	212-220	(skim)
Chapter XV. The Determination of Geographic Positions	221-242	(skim)
Variation of Latitude	243-244	(skim)
Chapter XVI. The Variation of Latitude	245-278	(skim)
Index	279-286	(skim)

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