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Eccentricity of the Sextant by Frederic Furbish, 1893

Eccentricity of the Sextant by Frederic Furbish, 1893, Page 105

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[page][illegible][/page] (c) Formation of the normal equations. According to the method explained in the previous chapter we form the equations of condition, which in this case are, transposing the term C' to the first number :- (1) x + 0.20926y + 0.61215z - 0.7272737 = 0 (2) x + 1.37329y + 0.92772z - 0.7271272 = 0 (3) x + 0.45641y + 0.83935z - 0.7269569 = 0 (4) x + 0.49801y + 0.86847z - 0.7273402 = 0 (5) x + 0.20923y + 0.61212z - 0.7273129 = 0 (6) x + 1.37329y + 0.92772z - 0.7271320 = 0 (7) x + 0.23857y + 0.64825z - 0.7270415 = 0 (8) x + 1.14224y + 0.98983z - 0.7272376 = 0 (9) x + 0.45638y + 0.83934z - 0.7269831 = 0 The next step is to render these equations homogeneous or to so arrange the coefficients of x, y and z and the absolute terms so that the subsequent numerical work may be simplified. This is best accomplished here by letting x = x' +
 
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