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1 XXII| velocity, described a majestic parabola, attained a height of about
2 XV  |       CHAPTER XV~ HYPERBOLA OR PARABOLA~We may, perhaps, be astonished
3 XV  |        it will follow either a parabola or a hyperbola.”~“Just so,”
4 XV  |       speed it will assume the parabola, and with a greater the
5 XV  |    mean. And pray what is your parabola, if you please?”~“My friend,”
6 XV  |     answered the captain, “the parabola is a curve of the second
7 XV  |       hyperbola, the other the parabola. They gave each other reasons
8 XVI |        curve would be rather a parabola than a hyperbola. But admitting
9 XVI |   hyperbola. But admitting the parabola, the projectile must quickly