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THE second part of Dr. Brown's “Lunar Theory” contains the calculation of the terms of the third order in the eccentricities, inclination and ratio of the parallaxes. The first part (reviewed in NATURE, November 25, 1897) had already dealt with the general theory, the variation, and the terms of the first and second orders. It will be remembered that the differential equations to be solved are
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C., P. Theory of the Motion of the Moon1. Nature 60, 260–261 (1899). https://doi.org/10.1038/060260b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/060260b0