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" ... twenty-four minutes ; and that if the moon were to revolve about the earth with this periodic time, the surfaces of the two bodies would be almost in contact with one another. The... "
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Page 324
by Royal Astronomical Society - 1892
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Nature, Volumes 16-70

Sir Norman Lockyer - 1877 - 848 pages
...moon. The coincidence is noted in the paper, that the shortest period of revolution of a fluid mass of the same mean density as the earth, which is consistent with an ellipsoidal form of equilibrium, is two hours twenty-four minutes ; and that if the moon were to revolve about the earth with this periodic...
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Nature, Volume 21

Sir Norman Lockyer - 1880 - 668 pages
...moon. The coincidence is noted in the paper, that the shortest period of revolution of a fluid mass of the same mean density as the earth, which is consistent with an ellipsoidal form of equilibrium, is two hours twenty-four minutes ; and that if the moon •were to revolve about the earth with this periodic...
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Volume 30

Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1880 - 624 pages
...moon. The coincidence is noted in the paper, that the shortest period of revolution of a fluid mass of the same mean density as the earth, which is consistent with an ellipsoidal form of equilibrium, is 2 hours24 minutes ; and that if the moon were to revolve about the earth with this periodic time, the...
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The American Journal of Science

1880 - 1188 pages
...moon. The coincidence is noted in the paper, that the shortest period of revolution of a fluid mass of the same mean density as the earth, which is consistent with an ellipsoidal form of equilibrium, is two hours twenty-four minutes ; and that if the moon were to revolve about the earth with this periodic...
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Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1881 - 806 pages
...remarkable coincidence, that the shortest period of revolution of a fluid mass of the same mean destiny as the Earth, which is consistent with an ellipsoidal form of equilibrium, is two hours and twenty-four minutes ; and that if the Moon were to revolve about the Earth with this...
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The Irish ecclesiastical record

Irish ecclesiastical record - 1883 - 790 pages
...Moon. The coincidence is noted in the paper, that the shortest period of revolution of a fluid mass of the same mean density as the Earth, which is consistent with an ellipsoidal form of equilibrium, is two hours twenty four minutes : and that if the Moon were to revolve about the Earth with this periodic...
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Volume 30

Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1880 - 672 pages
...moon. The coincidence is noted in the paper, that the shortest period of revolution of a fluid muss of the same mean density as the earth, which is consistent with an ellipsoidal form of equilibrium, is 2 hours 24 minutes ; and that if the moon were to revolve about the earth with this periodic time,...
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Scientific Papers: Tidal friction and cosmogony. 1908

Sir George Howard Darwin - 1908 - 540 pages
...spheroids are just in contact, the time of revolution of the moon would be between 2 hrs. and 2$ hrs. Now it is a remarkable fact that the most rapid rate...consistent with an ellipsoidal form of equilibrium, is 2 hrs. 24 m. Is this a mere coincidence, or does it not rather point to the break-up of the primaeval...
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The Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society, Volume 2

Royal Dublin Society - 1880 - 710 pages
...Moon and Earth. It is a remarkable coincidence, that the shortest period of revolution of a fluid mass of the same mean density as the earth, which is consistent with an ellipsoidal form of equilibrium, is two hours and twenty-four minutes ; and that if the Moon were to revolve about the Earth with this...
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Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1881 - 794 pages
...remarkable coincidence, that the shortest period of revolution of a fluid mass of the same mean destiny as the Earth, which is consistent with an ellipsoidal form of equilibrium, is two hours and twenty-four minutes ; and that if the Moon were to revolve about the Earth with this...
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