The transcript of this letter is not available online on Ɛpsilon.
Please cite as “Herschel3857,” in Ɛpsilon: The Sir John Herschel Collection accessed on 10 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel3857
Developed a method that greatly simplifies Joseph Lagrange's integration of the 3n differential equations of motion of the second order by reducing all calculations to the application of 'one principal function.' Applies the method to planetary motion.
Record created for the Calendar of the Correspondence of Sir John Herschel (CUP: Cambridge), 1998 by Michael J. Crowe ed., David R. Dyck and James J. Kevin assoc. eds
Digital record created by Dr Marvin Bolt and Steven Lucy at the Webster Institute of the Adler Planetarium
Converted to TEI by Michael Hawkins, Epsilon Project, Cambridge University Library
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