Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), Sir, 1792-1871 · London : Longman, Rees Orme · leaf 131
ally enquire, whatis meant by speaking of the same body as having dif-ferent weights at different stations; and, how such a fact,if true, can be ascertained. When we weigh a bodyby a balance or a steelyard we do but counteract itsweight by the equal weight of another body under thevery same… … 124* A TREATISE ON ASTRONOMY. CHAP. TU. other. A difference in the intensity of gravity could,therefore, never be detected by these means; nor is it inthis sense that we assert that a body weighing 19*pounds at the equator will weigh 195 at the pole. Ifcounterbalanced in a scale or steelyard at the…
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