Determinations of latitude, gravity, and the magnetic elements at stations in the Hawaiian Islands, including a result for the mean density of the earth, 1891, 1892. Appendix no. 12 -- report for 1893

Author:

Preston, E. D.

Title:

Determinations of latitude, gravity, and the magnetic elements at stations in the Hawaiian Islands, including a result for the mean density of the earth, 1891, 1892. Appendix no. 12 -- report for 1893

Periodical:

U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Annual Report for 1893. Appendix no. 12

Year:

1894

Pages:

509-639

Subject:

Basalt Mauna Kea Geodesy Mauna Kea description and travel Lake Waiau Photographs

Summary:

While engaged in astronomical observations in the Hawaiian Islands in 1891-92, in cooperation with the work of the International Geodetic Association, occasion was taken to make a continuous study for one year of the force of gravity at Waikiki. Afterwards an expedition was undertaken to the summit of Mauna Kea to determine the force of gravity at the base and summit, from which the density of the mountain and the mean density of the earth might be deduced.

URL:

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=miun.ajn3831.0001.001

Date:

1894

Collection:

Monographs