SYSTEMS COMPOSED OF MOLECULES.
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Equation (505), which we repeat in a slightly different form, viz.,

(522)
shows that

is a function of

and

; also of the external coördinates

,

, etc., which are involved implicitly in

. If we differentiate the equation regarding all these quantities as variable, we have

(523)
If we multiply this equation by

, and set as usual

,

, etc., for

,

, etc., we get in virtue of the law expressed by equation (519),

(524)