The general Characteristics of the frequencyfunction of stellar movements 

 Introducing this expression into equation (87) we find 



(0.88\W 



81 



E = 3 / 8 



Taking with Charlieb c = 3 we find x = 0.3070, and for q' = 0.75 



E= + 0.026, 



which corresponds to 



ß 4 = + 0.009. 



0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 

 Fig. 8. 



The parameter \ t as depending on the dispersion of the apparent magnitudes. 



The smallest value acceptable for c is 2 /s. This value would make E 

 about four times as great as the above value. As seen the Maxwellian law would 

 give a very small and positive excess. I cannot say that our results are exactly 

 in contradiction with the requirements of the law of Maxwell. Of course they, on 

 the other side, give no positive evidence whatsoever. 



Lunds Universitets Årsskrift. N. F. Afd. 2. Bd 11. 11 



