The elements of theoretical and descriptive astronomy, for the use of colleges and academies (1872)
White, Charles J. (Charles Joyce), 1839-1917 · Philadelphia, Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger · leaf 71
centre, to recede from that centre,is called its centrifugal force. The formula for the centrifugalforce may be found in any treatise on Mechanics, and is asfollows: / = — in which / is the centrifugal force, r theradius of the circle of revolution, and t theperiodic time, or the time in which… … 66 CENTRIFUGAL FORCE. solar day, and therefore contains 86,164s. Substituting thisvalue of t in the formula given above, and substituting for r thevalue of the earths equatorial radius in feet, and computingthe value of/, we shall find that the centrifugal force at theequator is .1113 feet. Now the…
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