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The lost solar system of the ancients discovered (1856)

Wilson, John, writer in astronomy · London Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts · leaf 141

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rdinates which are thereciprocals of the ordinates of the obelisk. The hyperbolic area, or the area between the asymptoteand the curve, is described by ordinates which are the re-ciprocals of the ordinates of the triangle. 128 THE LOST SOLAR SYSTEM DISCOVERED. By making the ordinate <x _, a… … Fig. 53. Fig. 53. is a series of five inscribed parallelograms havingtheir ordinates inversely as the cube root of their axes. Theseries of axes being l3, 23, 33, 43, 53, 5 5 5 5 sum of the series = 5 (12 + 22 + 32 + 42 + 52),generally sum 5 5their ordinates will be —, —. T 2 3 4 = n {±n +1. n . n…

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