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The gravity effect of a right rectangular prism is calculated by a graphical procedure. The basis of the calculation is an algorithm for the linear combination of readings taken from a chart which has as ordinates and abscissas the body coordinates of the prism normalized with respect to the depth to the top and bottom surfaces.
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D. Nagy,The gravitational attraction of a right rectangular prism, Geophys. Vol. 31, No. 2 (1969), pp. 362–371.
D. Nagy,The gravitational effect of three-dimensional bodies of arbitrary shape (1964) Unpupublished manuscript, Dominion Observatory, Ottawa.
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Gravity Division, Earth Physics Branch, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Ottawa, Canada. Contribution No. 425.
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Nagy, D. A chart for the computation of the gravitational attraction of a right rectangular prism. PAGEOPH 102, 5–14 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00876587
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00876587