Excerpt from The Collected Mathematical Works of George William Hill, Vol. 1 Le travail quotidien da Nautical Almanac, qui est fort absorbant, lui lais sait cependant assez de temps pour ses recherches originales, dont quelques unes portent sur des objets etrangers a ses etudes habituelles. Dans les premieres annees surtout, on trouve frequemment son nom dans ces recueils periodiques, Oh les amateurs de mathematiques pures se proposent de petits problemes et se complaisent dans 'elegance des solutions, par exemple, dans The Analyst. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.