[time-nuts] Time Nuts at PTTI this past week

Poul-Henning Kamp phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Sat Dec 9 14:54:41 EST 2006


In message <PKEGJHPHLLBACEOICCBJMEHKKCAA.jmiles at pop.net>, "John Miles" writes:

>It is surprisingly hard to get a straight answer about what happens to g on
>a mountain (http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/phy00/phy00905.htm).

Theres no way to accurately predict g, only measurements will do if you
want precision, but a first order aproximation can be derived from
a topological representation and rudimentary knowledge of the geology.

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