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The Influence of Atmospheric and Oceanic Currents upon Terrestrial Latitudes1

Nature volume 53, pages 618–619 (1896)Cite this article

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A LTHOUGH the following theorem should be implicitly contained in the formula for the rotation of a spheroid car ryng a fluid on its surface, I have nowhere seen it explicitly stated.

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NEWCOMB, S. The Influence of Atmospheric and Oceanic Currents upon Terrestrial Latitudes1. Nature 53, 618–619 (1896). https://doi.org/10.1038/053618a0

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