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CHARLES S. SLICHTER 



tricities .5 and .4 had the same volume and mass as the present 

 earth, the polar and equatorial axes can readily be computed. 

 Using Clark's value of the mean radius and volume, 6.3709 X io 8 

 cm. (3958.8 mi.) and 1.0832X 10 27 cc. respectively, and Baily's 

 value of the mean density, 5.67, I obtain the constants as given in 

 lines 5-8 of Table I. The change of shape from the spherical 



TABLE I. 



