EARTH OSCILLATIONS.
AUSTRALIAN METEOROLOGIST'S VIEWS. (Press Association. — Copsbioht.) MELBOURNE, Thursday. Mr tiarrachi, Government Astronomer, referring to Professor Heeker's discovery regarding earth oscillations and analogous tides, said that Professor Hecker was at one time in Australia taking observations of the Pacific, to determine questions relative to variations in gravity. Professor Hecker informed him that the instrument he had made had been in position since 1902, and accurate records of the minutest variations had been obtained by means of photography. Mr Barrachi added that such discoveries ns Profesor Heeker's may have a most profonnd bearing upon our knowledge of earthquakes, and would possibly enable, scientists to anticipate dreadful calamities.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 26 February 1909, Page 4
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