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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 V   E-mail  Facebook  Digg  Stumble  Twitter More Page V 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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C O )TT E HIT ~ TID ES, O C E A N. ACID E A R T H I'AGE CHAPTER I. IN TRODUCTIO>-. G. T. Rude3 CHAPTER II. TIDAL THEORY. A. T. Doodson19 CH.\PTER III. TIDAL COMPUTATIONS AND PREDICTIONS. Paul Schurem~n40 C I-lAPT'ER IV. MEA~r SEA-LEv~. H. A. Marmer 50 C HAP TER V. EARTH TIDES. ~ . D. Lambert ......... 68 C T--rApTER VI. TIDAL FRICTION. w. D. Lambert ................ 81 GRAVITY, DEFLECTION OF THE VERTICAL, AND ISOSTAS\ CHAPTER VII. ISOSTASV. William Bowie 103 CHAPTER VIII. THE INFLUENCE OF ISOSTASY ON GEO'EOCICAE THOUGHT. Har~v Fielding Reid ................. 116 CHAPTER IX. THE SHAPE AND SIZE OF THE EARTH. ~ . D. Lambert ~ 23 CHAPTER Hi. DETBRMI~TATION OF g BY MELONS OF THE FREE SWINGING PENDULUM. c. H. SWICk 151 CHAPTER XI. GRAVITY MEASUREMENTS WITH THE EOT\OS TORSION BAL ALICE. Donald c. Barton 167 CHAPTER XII. GEODETIC INSTRUMENTS. D. L. Palkhurst 191 CHAPTER XIII. O ~ SOME OF THE GREATER PROBLEMS OF PHYSICAL GEOLO'G1-. Clarence L. Dutton............................ CHAPTER SHIV. THE DETERMINATION- OF ELEVATIONS. H. G. Avers.. C HAPTER TV. T HE DETERMINATION- OF GEOCR.\PHIC Pos~r~o~-s. C. V. - Hodg30n ...................................... VARIATION OF LATITUDE 201 212 221 C HAPTF~ LEVI. THE VARIATION OF LATITUDE. ~v. D. Lambert. Fran] SChles inger, E. W . BroNY n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 ....... 279 INDEX ..................

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