Moulton, Forest Ray, 1872-1952 · New York, The Macmillan company · leaf 63
in the part CQ at the distance D fromthe center. Because of the symmetry of the sphere itwill be subject to an attraction equal to that on the corre-sponding unit in CP. But, in addition to the earths at-traction, this mass of water is subject to the centrifugal forcedue to the earths rotation,… … CH. II, 15] THE EARTH 35 in the two columns could be paired in this way. The resultwould be that the pressure exerted by PC would be greaterthan that exerted by QC; but such a condition would notbe one of equihbrium, and water would flow out of themouth of the tube from the center to the equator.…
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