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Eccentricity of the Sextant by Frederic Furbish, 1893

Eccentricity of the Sextant by Frederic Furbish, 1893, Page 111

enough to hold numbers of 10 figures each and the other on the extreme left quite narrow. (See blanks in Part II of this thesis). Beginning on the left letter the columns:-- No., a squared, (a + b) squared, (a + c) squared, (a + n) squared, (a + s) squared, b squared, (b + c) squared, (b + n) squared, (b + s) squared, c squared, (c + n) squared, (c + s) squared, n squared, s squared. Number the lines as before to correspond with the equations. 
   Obtain a good book of squares (Barlow's Tables is in Prof. Med's library) and turn to the first equation, of the series. Find the value of the square of the coefficient of x' or (a squared) and record it on the first line of the blank in the column headed (a squared). Get next (b squared), (c squared) and (n squared) for the first equation and record them properly. Proceed similarly with each of the other equations, getting (a squared), (b squared) (c squared) and ([m?] squared).
   Turn over to the table of sums which

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enough to hold numbers of 10 figures each and the other on the extreme left quite narrow. (See blanks in Part II of this thesis). Beginning on the left letter the columns:-- No., a squared, (a + b) squared, (a + c) squared, (a + n) squared, (a + s) squared, b squared, (b + c) squared, (b + n) squared, (b + s) squared, c squared, (c + n) squared, (c + s) squared, n squared, s squared. Number the lines as before to correspond with the equations. Obtain a good book of squares (Barlow's Tables is in Prof. Med's library) and turn to the first equation, of the series. Find the value of the square of the coefficient of x' or (a squared) and record it on the first line of the blank in the column headed (a squared). Get next (b squared), (c squared) and (n squared) for the first equation and record them properly. Proceed similarly with each of the other equations, getting (a squared), (b squared) (c squared) and ([m?] squared). Turn over to the table of sums which