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1 XV |                   CHAPTER XV~ HYPERBOLA OR PARABOLA~We may, perhaps,
2 XV | follow either a parabola or a hyperbola.”~“Just so,” replied Barbicane. “
3 XV |        and with a greater the hyperbola.”~“I like those grand words,”
4 XV |    mortar.”~“Perfect! And the hyperbola?”~“The hyperbola, Michel,
5 XV |      And the hyperbola?”~“The hyperbola, Michel, is a curve of the
6 XV |     in your definition of the hyperbola (I was going to say hyperblague)
7 XV |     hobby. One maintained the hyperbola, the other the parabola.
8 XVI|      rather a parabola than a hyperbola. But admitting the parabola,