Stars and telescopes; a hand-book of popular astronomy founded on the 9th ed. of Lynn's Celestial motions (1901)
Todd, David P. (David Peck), 1855-1939, Lynn, William Thynne, 1835-1911 · Boston, Little, Brown · leaf 48
arthdescribes a circle round its pole of figure in about 427 days,and in a direction from west toward east, as a result of dynami-cal theory. Observations still in progress (1901) at Tokyo,Kasan, Pulkowa, Prague, Potsdam, Lyons, Philadelphia, andelsewhere, have revealed the exact nature of the… … The Earth 25 largest possible amount of water, the pole of theformer portion will be very near the British Islands,and the pole of the other very near New Zealand. Form and Size Todhunter, History of the Mathematical Theories of Attraction and the Figure of the Earth. 2 vols. (London 1873.)Clarke,…
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