THE METHOD OF LEAST SQUARES D. E. WELLS E. J. KRAKIWSKY May 1971 TELCEHCNTIUCRAEL N ROETPEOSRT NO1.8 217 PREFACE In order to make our extensive series of lecture notes more readily available, we have scanned the old master copies and produced electronic versions in Portable Document Format. The quality of the images varies depending on the quality of the originals. The images have not been converted to searchable text.