Elements of astronomy: accompanied with numerous illustrations, a colored representation of the solar, stellar, and nebular spectra, and celestial charts of the northern and the southern hemisphere (1875)
Lockyer, Norman, Sir, 1836-1920 · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 113
lic compounds. 202. The Flattening at the Poles explained.—It wasprior to the solidification of its crust, and while the surfacewas in a soft or fluid condition, that the Earth put on itspresent flattened shape, the flattening being due to abulging out at the equator, caused by the Earths rotation.… … Fig. 50.—Explanation of the Flattening at theEarths Poles. those parts which are farthest from the axis, the motion opposite opinion is held by some? 201. How does the density of the Earthscrust compare with that of the whole planet? How is this accounted for? 202.How is the flattening at the…
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