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... - opposite signs , an odd number of tuis , and others , to be the second roots must be between these num- cubical parabola , so placed that ] bers . This appears from the property of the absolute term , 47 AP P - APP.
... - opposite signs , an odd number of tuis , and others , to be the second roots must be between these num- cubical parabola , so placed that ] bers . This appears from the property of the absolute term , 47 AP P - APP.
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... parabolas , placed Ceres ; and since this time three with their axis in the same right others have been observed ... parabola whose ordinate is always as the n ASYMPTOTE , a right line to power of the base . The asymptote which some ...
... parabolas , placed Ceres ; and since this time three with their axis in the same right others have been observed ... parabola whose ordinate is always as the n ASYMPTOTE , a right line to power of the base . The asymptote which some ...
Page 79
... parabola and hy- perbola , formed by the common intersection of the cutting plane and the base of the cone . BASE , in Surveying , is a line measured with the greatest possi- ble exactness , on which a series of triangles are ...
... parabola and hy- perbola , formed by the common intersection of the cutting plane and the base of the cone . BASE , in Surveying , is a line measured with the greatest possi- ble exactness , on which a series of triangles are ...
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... parabola and hy- perbola . The infinite branches of curves , are either of the parabolic or hy- perbolic kind . Parabolic BRANCHES are those which may have for an asymptote a parabola of a superior or inferior order : thus , for example ...
... parabola and hy- perbola . The infinite branches of curves , are either of the parabolic or hy- perbolic kind . Parabolic BRANCHES are those which may have for an asymptote a parabola of a superior or inferior order : thus , for example ...
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... parabola , or hyperbola . Now , from the thickness and inequality of the atmosphere with which the comet is surrounded , it is impossible to determine , with any precision , when either the limb or centre of the comet pass the wire at ...
... parabola , or hyperbola . Now , from the thickness and inequality of the atmosphere with which the comet is surrounded , it is impossible to determine , with any precision , when either the limb or centre of the comet pass the wire at ...
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