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Word: earthly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...gimmick here, the Survey explains, is that the earth is not a sphere. The centrifugal force of its rotation makes it bulge outward at the equator. Since the oceans rotate with the earth, sea level follows the bulge. The Mississippi starts its journey 1,491 ft. above sea level at the latitudes of Minnesota. As it moves southward, its water feels more strongly the lifting effect of the earth's spin. Therefore, it can climb up the bulge, away from the earth's center. When it reaches the Gulf of Mexico, it meets the ocean, which has been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Icebergs Over Iowa | 1/5/1959 | See Source »

Paul LeComte 7G described important experiments in the field of high-pressure physical geology under the direction of Francis Birch, Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology, which are attempting to reveal the nature of unexplained structural discontinuities just below the earth's outer crust...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A.A.A.S. Meeting Receives Papers On Harvard Work | 1/5/1959 | See Source »

MOSCOW, Jan. 4--The Soviet Union's cosmic rocket blazed an ever lengthening trail into space today and was reported gradually entering into orbit around the sun, with its radio still sending scientific information back to earth...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Soviet Deputy Premier Mikoyan Arrives in Washington for Visit; Russian Rocket Will Enter Orbit | 1/5/1959 | See Source »

...latest announcement said the 1 1/2ton missile was 296, 250 miles from the earth. An earlier announcement had placed it 262,500 miles away from the earth and 37,500 miles from the center of the moon...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Soviet Deputy Premier Mikoyan Arrives in Washington for Visit; Russian Rocket Will Enter Orbit | 1/5/1959 | See Source »

...overshot the moon at 5:59 a.m. today, approaching within about 4,700 miles of that satellite of the earth at its closest...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Soviet Deputy Premier Mikoyan Arrives in Washington for Visit; Russian Rocket Will Enter Orbit | 1/5/1959 | See Source »

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