315] 



NUMERICAL EXAMPLES. 



587 



The following table of numerical data for a series of Jacobi's ellipsoids 

 has been computed by Darwin. The subject is further illustrated by the 

 annexed figures. The first of these gives the meridian section of the ellipsoid 

 of revolution which is the starting point of the series. The remainder, 

 adopted from Darwin's paper *, give the principal sections of two other forms. 



702 



a = 2-346 



607 



a = 2. 3 46 



* " On Jacobi's Figure of Equilibrium for a Rotating Mass of Fluid," Proc. Roy. 

 Soc., Nov. 25, 1886. 



