Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron, 1824-1907, Darwin, George Howard, Sir, 1845-1912, Tait, Peter Guthrie, 1831-1901 · Cambridge [Eng.] : University Press · leaf 508
thers in whichthe requisite accuracy is reached after two, three, or more, ofsuccessive approximations. The accompanying drawings represent a machine for findingsix* unknowns from six equations. Fig. 1 represents in eleva-tion and plan one of the six bodies JB, B0 etc. Fig. 2 shows inelevation and… … Elevation. Plan * This number has been chosen for the first practical machine to be con-structed, because a chief application of the machine may be to the calculationof the corrections on approximate values already found of the six elements ofthe orbit of a comet or asteroid. 486 APPENDIX B, [IL…
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