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 Preliminary computations relating to the second and third observations.

The formulæ are entirely analogous to those relating to the first observation, the quantities being distinguished by the proper suffixes.

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Equations of the first hypothesis.

When the preceding quantities have been computed, their numerical values (or their logarithms, when more convenient for computation,) are to be substituted in the following equations: