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OF the August magazines the strongest in articles of scientific interest is the Fortnightly Review. Under the somewhat misleading title “The Wanderings of the North Pole” Sir Robert Ball contributes a rather diffuse article descriptive of the variations of latitude; adopting Mr. Chandler's conclusion that the earth's instantaneous axis of rotation revolves about that of maximum moment of inertia, with a radius of thirty feet, measured at the earth's surface, in a period of 427 days. This result is expressed by Sir Robert Ball in the following language:—
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Science in the Magazines. Nature 48, 349–351 (1893). https://doi.org/10.1038/048349a0
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