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2. On the Motion of a Pendulum affected by the Rotation of the Earth and other Disturbing Causes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2014

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1. Let α be the vector (from the earth's centre) of the point of suspension, λ its inclination to the plane of the equator, α the earth's radius drawn to that point; and let the unit vectors i, j, k be fixed in space, so that i is parallel to the earth's axis of rotation; then, if ω be the angular velocity of that rotation

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Proceedings 1868-69
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 6 , 1869 , pp. 458 - 461
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1869

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