A Treatise on Attractions, Laplace's Functions, and the Figure of the Earth

John Henry Pratt

Macmillan and Company, 1861 - 122 sider

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• Attraction of a homogeneous spheroid and of a spheroidal: 12
• Formulæ for the attraction of a homogeneous mass: 18
• Method of expanding: 24
• Any function which does not become infinite between: 27
• CHAPTER III: 36
• Attraction of a homogeneous body nearly spherical on par: 42
• Attraction of a slender prism on any particle: 48
• Attraction of an extensive plain of given depth or thickness: 51
• Attraction of a rectangular mass on a particle in the plane: 55
• Results arising from the Himmalayas 62 the Ocean: 61
• FIGURE OF THE EARTH CONSIDERED AS A FLUID MASS: 63
• If the central parts alone attract the same is true but: 72
• Ellipticity of the surface in the case of the Earth: 78
• Argument drawn from the present aspect of the surface of: 84
• Clairauts Theorem generalized by Professor Stökes: 90
• THE FIGURE OF THE EARTH DETERMINED BY GEODETIC: 97
• 49: 100
• Deviation of the mean arc from the elliptic form: 104
• Local departures from the mean figure in India: 110
• The difference between geodetical and astronomical ampli: 117

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Bibliografisk informasjon

• Tittel: A Treatise on Attractions, Laplace's Functions, and the Figure of the Earth
• Forfatter: John Henry Pratt
• Utgave: 2
• Utgiver: Macmillan and Company, 1861
• Original fra: Oxford University
• Digitalisert: 12. sep 2006
• Lengde: 122 sider