LAND AND SEA.
'. /...EARTH "SWINGS.;WITH: TIDESi-V : By Teleßraph-Press-iESOclatlon-Copyr'lßhk •:.-'.; -.'.'.' ..'.. .London, March 29..:■ '.Professor-Milne, F.R.S., the well-known seismologist, ..claims to have/ proved by the' 'seismograph' that the earth, at ,i mile and:a. half from/the'',s"ea, : swingi diunially with the'tides. The Irish Seadepresses its shores, producing a'deflection .equal to an inch in sixteen miles. :; "/
' fAccording to one authority," it has been shown that local elastic yielding ba the coastline of continents may produce an augmentation, of. apparent tide "in-cer-tain places, on account of the flexure of the opper strata, when a great weight of water-is added;and subtracted, from the adjacent oceanic /■ area "at' high'and low wafer. There is .reason to believe that such .flexure has actually been observed by; a delicate form of level on the ooadt : of the Bay of Biscay."]. ; ., : ; •'.:'." .-.'•:
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 779, 31 March 1910, Page 5
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128LAND AND SEA. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 779, 31 March 1910, Page 5
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