BAILY, Francis: Experiments with the Torsion Rod for Determining the Mean Density of the Earth

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BAILY, Francis : Experiments with the Torsion Rod for Determining the Mean Density of the Earth

The Royal Astronomical Society, London, 1843

Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society VOL. XIV. Very good ex-library copy in early 20th century 1/4 heavy morocco, red cloth boards, original wrappers bound in.. Neat stamps head and foot title else clean tight and seemingly unread. Francis Baily (28 April 1774 – 30 August 1844) was an English astronomer, most famous for his observations of 'Baily's beads' during an eclipse of the Sun. His laborious operations for determining the mean density of the earth, carried out by Henry Cavendish's method (1838–1842), yielded the authoritative value of 5.66

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