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In the same manner, by adding 1 to both sides, it becomes

VII.

By dividing VI. by VII. we should reproduce III.: the multiplication produces VIII.

From the combination of the equations II. V. are easily derived

IX. X.

22.

By the differentiation of the formula IV. (regarding as a constant quantity) we get

hence,

or by substituting for the value taken from

Afterwards by integrating in such a manner that the integral may vanish at the perihelion, it becomes


The logarithm here is the hyperbolic; if we wish to use the logarithm from Brigg’s system, or in general from the system of which the modulus and