Open AccessThe Problem of measuring Gravity at Sea.
Author(s) -
Duffield Professor W. G.
Publication year - 1924
Publication title -
geophysical journal international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.302
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1365-246X
pISSN - 0956-540X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-246x.1924.tb05367.x
Subject(s) - geology , oceanography , mercury (programming language) , geodesy , on board , meteorology , computer science , history , geography , remote sensing , programming language
Summary The paper comprises a description of new instruments, including one designed to give a continuous record during a voyage; together with an account of their trial upon S. S. Anchises and S. S. Nestor upon the Cape route between Great Britain and Australia in 1922–1923; comprising also accounts of certain problems arising from the main research, such as that of temperature regulation on board ship, the amplification of small currents, the accuracy of a mercury platinum contact, etc.