 | Société géologique de France - 1889 - 1076 pages
...Proceedings of the — , vol. XLIV, n°271. Philosophical transactions, vol. 178, A et B. Davison. — On the distribution of strain in the Earth's Crust resulting from secular cooling, 231. Darwin.— Note on Mr Davison's paper. On the distribution, etc..., 248. — On figures of equilibrium... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1890 - 616 pages
...recently revived and elaborated an idea first suggested by Babbage and Herschel5 in explanation of i On the Distribution of Strain in the Earth's Crust...continents and the formation of mountain chains. By Charles Davison. with a Note by UH Darwin. Philosophical Transactions, Vol. 178 (1SS7), A, pp. 231-249.... | |
 | Henry Woodward - 1909 - 672 pages
...squeezing power? Three classes of views have been held as to the constitution of our 1 0. Davison ; "On the Distribution of Strain in the Earth's Crust resulting from Secular Cooling, etc." (Phil. Trans. RS, 1887, vol. clxxyiii) ; "Note on the Relation between the Size of a Planet and... | |
 | Henry Woodward - 1887 - 638 pages
...177,200 feet; and I cannot think we shall be far wrong if we take this as the average thickness ' " On the Distribution of Strain in the Earth's Crust, resulting from Secular of the sediment deposited within the limited delta-areas,i remembering: — (1), that all stratified... | |
 | 1890 - 1396 pages
...T. Mellard Reade. Secular cooling of the Earth in relation to mountain-building 1228 •fC. Davison. On the distribution of strain in the Earth's crust...of continents and the formation of mountain chains 1229 fG. H. Darwin. Note on Mr. Davison's paper On the straining of the Earth's crust in cooling 1229... | |
 | Henry Woodward - 1887 - 634 pages
...177,200 feet; and I cannot think we shall be far wrong if we take this as the average thickness 1 " On the Distribution of Strain in the Earth's Crust,...Continents and the Formation of Mountain Chains," read May 5, 1887. of the sediment deposited within the limited delta-areas,1 remembering: — (1),... | |
 | Henry Woodward - 1887 - 706 pages
...wrong if we take this as the average thickness 1 " On the Distribution of Strain in the Earth's Cnist, resulting from Secular Cooling ; with special reference...Continents and the Formation of Mountain Chains," read May 5, 1887. of the sediment deposited within the limited delta-areas,1 remembering: — (1),... | |
 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1887 - 606 pages
...investigation on the secular cooling of the earth. 3. The contraction theory of mountain formation. I. The Distribution of Strain in the Earth's Crust resulting from Secular Cooling. The following problem is solved : — A globe, of radius r, is surrounded bv a number of concentric... | |
 | 1888 - 1190 pages
...Ellipsoidal Current-Sheets. — CALLEKDAR, On the Practical Measurement of Temperature. — DAVISON, On the Distribution of Strain in the Earth's Crust...of Continents and the Formation of Mountain Chains. — DAEwiR, Note on Mr. Davison's Paper on the Straining of the Earth's Crust in Cooling. — ABNET,... | |
 | 1888 - 1132 pages
...-Annalen der Physik und Chemie, No. 2,1888, pp. 381-412. j. T. II. GEOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY. 1. On the distribution of strain in the Earth's crust...secular cooling, with special reference to the growth of continent* and the formation of mountain chains ; by CHARLES DAVISON. With a Note by G. II. DARWIN.... | |
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On the Distribution of Strain in the Earth's Crust resulting from Secular Cooling; with special reference to the growth of continents and the formation of mountain chains. 
