Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868 · New York, Huntington and Savage, Mason and Law · leaf 30
e the unequal diameters of an Ellipse distinguished ? The longer is called its Major MAJ0R AND MIN0R AXES-+and the shorter its Minoi% Axis. [The longer is sometimes called the Transverseand the shorter the Conjugate Axis, but major andminor are more simple and perspicuous, and there-fore…
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