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(IV)

To reduce in these equations the number of variable quantities, we want to express x and y by r and . We easily see that

and .

If we differentiate, then we will obtain:

, und .

And if we differentiate again,

,

and

,

If we substitute these values for ddx and ddy in the previous equations, the we obtain from (III):

.

Thus we have

(V)

And furthermore by (IV),

(VI)

To make equation (V) a true differential quantity, we multiply it by rdt, thus:

,

and if we again integrate, we will obtain:

,

where C is an arbitrary constant magnitude. To specify C, we note that is equal to: the double area of the small triangle which described the radius vector r in the time dt. The double area of the triangle that is described in the first second of time, is however: = AC · v; thus we have C = AC · v. And if we assume the radius AC of the attracting body as unity, what we will always do in the following,