foci

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Prop 29, 30, there is an elegant Method of determining these Foci; not only in spherical Surfaces, but likewise in any other curved Figure whatever: And in Prop.

From Opticks or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light by Newton, Isaac, Sir

Suppose you have four laya centers in Europe: four Foci through which psychic impulses from the Oversoul pour through into this world.

From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Morris, Kenneth

Let A, B, C, D be an ellipse representing the orbit of the earth, and let S represent the sun situated at one of the Foci.

From Aether and Gravitation by Hooper, William George

It has also been found that certain comets have orbits which cannot be distinguished from that of an elongated ellipse, the sun occupying one of the Foci.

From Aether and Gravitation by Hooper, William George

For it was very difficult to define the Places of the Foci, without some little Errors.

From Opticks or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light by Newton, Isaac, Sir