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Elements of astronomy .. (1870)

Brocklesby, John, 1811-1889. [from old catalog] · New York, Sheldon and company · leaf 125

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awn from one extremity of 1. Periodic time is the time occupied by a planet in performing onerevolution about the sun. Thus, one year is the periodic time of the earth. 2. A cube is the quantity resulting from multiplying a quantity into itselftwice ; thus 8 is the cube of 2 because 2x2x2 equals 8.… … CIRCLE WITH TRIANGLES. each arc perpendicular to the diameter MB, passing through,the other extremity, making with portions of this diameterand the several radii, CX, CX1, CX2, &c, a seriesof right angled triangles; viz., CXI, CX1!1, CX2P, &c.Giving next some particular value to the radius…

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