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" On the whole we may fairly conclude that, whilst there is some evidence of a tidal yielding of the earth's mass, that yielding is certainly small, and the effective rigidity is at least as great as that of steel. "
Van Nostrand's Engineering Magazine - Page 75
1886
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World-life; Or, Comparative Geology, Part 1

Alexander Winchell - 1883 - 678 pages
...years, the rigidity appears to be somewhat greater. "Oil the whole, we may fairly conclude," he says, "that, while there is some evidence of a tidal yielding...is certainly small, and the effective rigidity is at least as great as steel."* Admitting the general solidity of the earth, it is still evident that...
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World-life; Or, Comparative Geology, Part 1

Alexander Winchell - 1883 - 678 pages
...years, the rigidity appears to be somewhat greater. "On the whole, we may fairly conclude," he says, "that, while there is some evidence of a tidal yielding...is certainly small, and the effective rigidity is at least as great as steel." * Admitting the general solidity of the earth, it is still evident that...
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Nature, Volume 27

Sir Norman Lockyer - 1883 - 660 pages
...than a combination of re-ults from аГ. latitudes. On the whole we may fairly conclude that, whibt there is some evidence of a tidal yielding of the...earth's mass, that yielding is certainly small, and that the effective rigidity is at least as great as that of steel. SCIENTIFIC SERIALS Tht Journal of...
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Treatise on Natural Philosophy, Volume 1, Part 2

William Thomson Baron Kelvin, Peter Guthrie Tait - 1883 - 564 pages
...than a combination of results from all latitudes. On the whole we may fairly conclude that, whilst there is some evidence of a tidal yielding of the...earth's mass, that yielding is certainly small, and that the effective rigidity is at least as great as that of steel. * It is remarkable that elastic...
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Nature, Volume 27

Sir Norman Lockyer - 1883 - 694 pages
...than a combination of results from all latitudes. On the whole we may fairly conclude that, whilst there is some evidence of a tidal yielding of the...earth's mass, that yielding is certainly small, and that the effective rigidity is at least as great as that of steel. SCIENTIFIC SERIALS Tht Journal of...
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Report of the ... Meeting of the British Association for the ..., Volume 52

British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1883 - 950 pages
...results from all latitudes. On the whole we may fairly conclude that, whilst there is some evideiice of a tidal yielding of the earth's mass, that yielding is certainly small, and that the effective rigidity is at least as great as that of steel. 8. On the Transmission of Force...
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Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record ..., Volume 7

Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - 1885 - 942 pages
...determination of a numerical estimate of the rigidity of the earth, and he has ascertained that whilst there is some evidence of a tidal yielding of the...afford an important confirmation of the justice of Sir William Thomson':) conclusion as to the great rigidity. The Indian pendulum observations have been...
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Physics of the Earth's Crust

Osmond Fisher - 1889 - 490 pages
...to its core, and that the geological hypothesis of a fluid interior is untenable." He adds " Whilst there is some evidence of a tidal yielding of the...effective rigidity is very considerable, not so great as steel as was at first surmised, but sufficient to afford an important confirmation of the justice of...
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Physics of the Earth's Crust

Osmond Fisher - 1889 - 482 pages
...to its core, and that the geological hypothesis of a fluid interior is untenable." He adds " Whilst there is some evidence of a tidal yielding of the...effective rigidity is very considerable, not so great as steel as was at first surmised, but sufficient to afford an important confirmation of the justice of...
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Mathematical and Physical Papers, Volume 3

William Thomson Baron Kelvin - 1890 - 546 pages
...or admitting a considerable degree of yielding. 33. On the whole we may fairly conclude that, whilst there is some evidence of a tidal yielding of the...is certainly small, and the effective rigidity is at least as great as that of steel. 34. Closely connected with the question of the earth's rigidity,...
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