Table of Contents

Part I. Preview; Part II. Precession, nutation and wobble; Part III. Dynamics; Part IV. Deformation; Part V. Love numbers and associated coefficients; Part VI. Solutions to the approximate Liouville equation; Part VII. Observations of latitude; Part VIII. Observations of the length of day; Part IX. Seasonal and other short-period variations; Part X. Chandler wobble; Part XI. Historical variations; Part XII. Geological variations; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

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This book gives an account of certain observed irregularities on the rotation of the Earth.