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gentlemen, numbering 1222, 144 arrows at 00 yards, 

 96 at 80, and 48 at 60 yards: the numbeDf targets 

 being, for the former, 164, and for the latter 26. 



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(8.) To compare these results with theoryjiul ascer- 

 tain how far the distribution of the hits in ich series 

 corresponds with our formula, the best way.ill be to 

 deduce,-in each, five separate values of a tl constant 

 appropriate to each, from ist, the hits in thgold; 2d, 

 the sum of those in the gold and red ; 3d, le sum of 

 those in the gold, red, and blue, and so on. These, it 

 is manifest, in each series ought to agree iniest\ though 

 different for different series. Applying, thi, the ex- 

 pression given in (3.) for a to these entries^f " hits ' 

 in Table 11. on this principle, we derive cr "onding 

 values of our constant or r^ ' ' > L^ c.\cd 



table (Table t-^ ^ ^ set 



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