Bowditch^s Remarks on Doctor Stewart's Formula, 



119 



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ethod with 



to 



plicated probi 



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quiring such great accuracy. In fact there are very few 

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the 



try can be used with much advantage. 



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pplication to such problems is that of 



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stands unrivalled for elegance and simplicity, and it loses none of 

 these qualities in the masterly hand of Mr. Ivory, by the exten- 

 sion he has given to it, in the excellent article on the Attraction of 



Spheroids in the same Supplement to the Encyclopedia Brit- 

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