Scientific Papers of Sir George Darwin - Figures of Equilibrium of Rotating Liquid Geophysical Investigations

Klappentext This volume of collected papers! published in 1910! covers figures of equilibrium of rotating liquid and geophysical investigations. Zusammenfassung Sir George Darwin (1845-1912)! the second son and fifth child of Charles Darwin! became Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at Cambridge. This volume of his collected papers covers figures of equilibrium of rotating liquid and geophysical investigations. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. On the influence of geological changes on the Earth's axis of rotation; 2. On Professor Haughton's estimate of geological time; 3. On a suggested explanation of the obliquity of planets to their orbits; 4. Note on the ellipticity of the Earth's strata; 5. On an oversight in the Méchanique Céleste, and on the internal densities of the planets; 6. On the figure of equilibrium of a planet of heterogeneous density; 7. The theory of the figure of the Earth carried to the second order of small quantities; 8. On Jacobi's figure of equilibrium for a rotating mass of fluid; 9. On figures of equilibrium of rotating masses of fluid; 10. Ellipsoidal harmonic analysis; 11. On the pear-shaped figure of equilibrium of a rotating mass of liquid; 12. The stability of the pear-shaped figure of equilibrium of a rotating mass of liquid; 13. On the integrals of the squares of ellipsoidal surface harmonic functions; 14. The approximate determination of the form of Maclaurin's spheroid; On the figure and stability of a liquid satellite; Index.

Product details

• Authors: George Howard Darwin, Sir George Howard Darwin
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.07.2009
• EAN: 9781108004459
• ISBN: 978-1-108-00445-9
• No. of pages: 548
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences; The Scientific Papers of Sir George Darwin 5 Volume Paperback Set
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy; Solar system: the Sun & planets, Solar system: the Sun and planets, SCIENCE / Space Science / Astronomy