... suggests that the retardation of the earth (which is hypothetically assumed to exist) may be due in part, or wholly, to the increase of the moment of inertia of the earth by meteors falling upon its surface. This suggestion also meets with the entire approval of Sir W. Thomson, who shows that meteor-dust, accumulating at the rate of one foot in 4,000 years, would account for the remainder ... — Lay Sermons, Addresses and Reviews • Thomas Henry Huxley
Words linked to "Moment of inertia" : inertia, moment
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