Mathematical Tracts, Vol. 1: On Laplace's Coefficients, the Figure of the Earth, the Motion of a Rigid Body About Its Center of Gravity, and Precession and Nutation

by Matthew O'Brien

Excerpt from Mathematical Tracts, Vol. 1: On Laplace's Coefficients, the Figure of the Earth, the Motion of a Rigid Body About Its Center of Gravity, and Precession and Nutation

The Author has not given the investigation of the effect of the Earth's Oblateness on the motions of the Moon, but he has endeavoured to prove that this effect does not afford any additional evidence of the Earth's original Fluidity beyond may be obtained from the Figure of the Earth, and Law of Gravity.

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124 pages, Hardcover

Published February 4, 2018

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Matthew O'Brien is an author and journalist who's lived in Las Vegas since 1997. His first book, Beneath the Neon: Life and Death in the Tunnels of Las Vegas, chronicles his adventures in the city's underground flood channels. His second book, My Week at the Blue Angel: And Other Stories from the Storm Drains, Strip Clubs, and Trailer Parks of Las Vegas, is a creative-nonfiction collection set in off-the-beaten-path Vegas. He's the founder of Shine a Light, a community project that provides housing, drug counseling, and other services to the people living in the drains.