3 
The result obtained was that if any water is added to the 
earth ab extra then it will be so distributed over the ocean 
that the effect is the same as if iV of this amount had been 
added in the Southern hemisphere from the Equator to the 
South Pole, along a line passing through 45° 44' East Long. 
Thus, any movement, such as a submarine elevation which 
displaces water, would spread it over the oceanic area, and 
the result, with the present configuration, would be the same 
as if about one twelfth of the weight had been added in the 
Southern hemisphere along this line passing through 45° 44' 
East, which passes over the Caucasus and through Mada- 
gascar. 
The following table will show the relative efiect of 
elevations on the position of the pole under different con- 
ditions. The two last columns are the most important, as 
showing the different value of equal elevations in the same 
Latitude North and South of the Equator in any position 
near the Longitude mentioned which passes through 45° 44' 
East Long. 
Elevation of land 
(already raised above the 
sea). 
Effect of 
submarine 
elevation only. 
Submarine elevat 
effect caused by disi 
In the Southern 
hemisphere, along 
the line 45° 44' East (or 
the opposite 
1ST orthern hemisphere). 
ion, together with 
ffacement of water. 
In the Northern 
hemisphere, along 
the line 45° 44' East (or 
the opposite 
Southern hemisphere). 
LAT. 
0 ° 
to 5 ° 
•086 
•051 
•076 
•026 
5 
— 10 
•26 
•16 
•18 
•13 
10 
— 15 
•47 
•28 
•30 
•25 
15 
— 20 
•66 
•40 
•43 
•37 
20 
— 25 
•84 
•50 
•53 
•48 
25 
— 30 
1-00 
•60 
•62 
•57 
30 
— 35 
1-16 
•69 
•72 
•67 
35 
— 40 
1-25 
•75 
•77 
•72 
40 
— 45 
1-28 
•77 
•79 * 
•74 
The geographical position of the land and sea will be 
always changing, and with it the locality in which the distri- 
bution of the water will act. Thus it does not seem at all 
probable that the shifting caused by movements in one 
direction will be balanced by those in the opposite direction, 
