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Rights & Permissions Free Resources Display this book on your site! Related Titles Natural Climate Variability on Decade-to-Century Time Scales Extreme Waves Other Related Titles Physics of the Earth - II The Figure of the Earth Bulletin of the National Research Council (1931) National Research Council (NRC) Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Page 243   E-mail  Facebook  Digg  Stumble  Twitter More Page 243 Front Matter (R1-R4) Contents (R5-R6) Tides, Ocean, and Earth (1-2) Chapter I. Introduction (3-18) Chapter II. Tidal Theory (19-39) Chapter III. Tidal Computations and Predictions (40-49) Chapter IV. Mean Sea-Level (50-67) Chapter V. Earth Tides (68-80) Chapter VI. Tidal Friction (81-100) Gravity, Deflection of the Vertical, and Isostasy (101-102) Chapter VII. Isostasy (103-115) Chapter VIII. The Influence of Isostasy on Geological Thought (116-122) Chapter IX. The Shape and Size of the Earth (123-150) Chapter X. Determination of (151-166) Chapter XI. Gravity Measurements with the Eotvos Torsion Balance (167-190) Chapter XII. Geodetic Instruments (191-200) Chapter XIII. On Some of the Greater Problems of Physical Geology (201-211) Chapter XIV. The Determination of Elevations (212-220) Chapter XV. The Determination of Geographic Positions (221-242) Variation of Latitude (243-244) Chapter XVI. The Variation of Latitude (245-278) Index (279-286)

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