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2 July 2024

  • curprev 20:5820:58, 2 July 2024 Joel2 talk contribs 76,609 bytes +76,609 Created page with "__FORCETOC__ <!-- __NOTOC__ will force TOC off --> =Riemann (1826 - 1866)= ==Background== Excerpt from p. 539 of R. Baker, C. Christenson & H. Orde (2004): <table border="0" width="90%" align="center"><tr><td align="left"> <font color="darkgreen">"Newton first showed that the departure of the figure of the earth from a sphere is due to its rotation. Jacobi showed in 1834 that gravitational equilibrium of a rotating spheroid is consistent with three distinct axes..."