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those presented in § 26 we see that in the new coordinates as well 
as in the original.ones we have equations of the form (29). 
Whatever be our choice of the coordinates the part of the principal 
function indicated in § 14 can therefore be derived for a given 
current vector q. 
In a sequel to this paper some conclusions that may be drawn 
from HAMILTON’s principle will be considered. 
