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• Airy , Sir George Biddell — (1801–1892) British astronomer Airy, the son of a tax collector, was born in Alnwick in the north east of England. He attended school in Colchester before going to Cambridge University in 1819. He met with early success, producing a mathematical… …   Scientists

• Aether drag hypothesis — In the 19th century, the theory of the luminiferous aether as the hypothetical medium for the propagation of light, was widely discussed. An important part of this discussion was the question concerning the state of motion of Earth with respect… …   Wikipedia

• Vine–Matthews–Morley hypothesis — The Vine–Matthews–Morley hypothesis, also known as the Morley–Vine–Matthews hypothesis was the first key scientific test of the seafloor spreading theory of continental drift and Plate tectonics. Geophysicist Frederick John Vine and the Canadian… …   Wikipedia

• isostasy — /uy sos teuh see/, n. 1. Geol. the equilibrium of the earth s crust, a condition in which the forces tending to elevate balance those tending to depress. 2. the state in which pressures from every side are equal. Also, isostacy. [1885 90; ISO +… …   Universalium

• гипотеза Эйри — Определяющая модель компенсации за изостазию, в которой топографически выступающие области Земли компенсируются нижележащими корнями кристаллических пород, проникающих в более плотную её подкорковую часть. [http://slovarionline.ru/anglo russkiy… …   Справочник технического переводчика

• Discovery of Neptune — New Berlin Observatory at Linden Street, where Neptune was discovered observationally. Neptune was mathematically predicted before it was directly observed. With a prediction by Urbain Le Verrier, telescopic observations confirming the existence… …   Wikipedia

• Luminiferous aether — The luminiferous aether: it was hypothesised that the Earth moves through a medium of aether that carries light In the late 19th century, luminiferous aether or ether, meaning light bearing aether, was the term used to describe a medium for the… …   Wikipedia

• Neptune — This article is about the planet. For other uses, see Neptune (disambiguation). Neptune   …   Wikipedia

• Timekeeping on Mars — Various schemes have been used or proposed to keep track of time and date on the planet Mars independently of Earth time and calendars. Mars has an axial tilt and a rotation period similar to those of Earth. Thus it experiences seasons of spring …   Wikipedia

• Hair — For other uses, see Hair (disambiguation). Hairy redirects here. For individuals nicknamed the Hairy , see List of people known as the Hairy. Hair Cross section of a hair Latin unguis …   Wikipedia

• Plate tectonics — The tectonic plates of the world were mapped in the second half of the 20th century …   Wikipedia