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    The repeating circle is an instrument for geodetic surveying, developed from the reflecting circle by Étienne Lenoir in 1784. He invented it while an assistant...
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  • considered to span a single octave, with higher or lower octaves simply repeating the pattern. A musical scale represents a division of the octave space...
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    In music theory, the circle of fifths (sometimes also cycle of fifths) is a way of organizing pitches as a sequence of perfect fifths. Starting on a C...
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  • An overlapping circles grid is a geometric pattern of repeating, overlapping circles of an equal radius in two-dimensional space. Commonly, designs are...
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    maker and inventor of the repeating circle. When hired by Jean-Charles de Borda around 1772 to work on the reflecting circle, he was about thirty years...
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    "hourglass motif" to shapes which have more complex symmetry, such as a repeating circle and cross pattern from the Solomon Islands. Both the members of Project...
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  • (1744–1832), French scientific instrument maker and inventor of the repeating circle surveying instrument Étienne Mulsant (1797–1880), French entomologist...
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    Jean-Charles de Borda – French scientist and Navy officer (1733–1799) Repeating circle – Type of angular measurement instrument Spread (rational trigonometry) –...
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    instrument maker, he improved the reflecting circle (invented by Tobias Mayer) and the repeating circle (invented by his assistant, Etienne Lenoir), the...
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    linear Pitch circle Repeating circle – Type of angular measurement instrument Timber circle – Rings of upright wooden posts Traffic circle – Traffic intersectionPages...
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    development and by also stating his idea of time as a reoccurring a repeating circle instead of an ascending line." Padilla was released thirty-seven days...
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  • "Infinity Repeating" is a demo written, produced, and performed by French electronic music duo Daft Punk and American musician Julian Casablancas, along...
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    objective of 17.5 cm, the biggest one ever made until that time, and two repeating circle realised by the Reichenbach & Utzschneider Company in Munich. In 1812...
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    He was unmarried and had no children. Groombridge transit circle Mendoza repeating circle, made circa 1810 by Edward Troughton, London. On display at...
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    Cycle per second (older) Angle of rotation Revolutions per minute Repeating circle Spat (angular unit) – the solid angle counterpart of the turn, equivalent...
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  • particular a number of full circle instruments were made, categorized as reflecting circles and repeating circles. The reflecting circle was invented by the German...
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  • thirds. In fact, by going progressively forward in the repeating 24 note sequence of the circle of thirds, many chords can be constructed....
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    Pierre Méchain. They used the repeating circle, an instrument for geodetic surveying, developed from the reflecting circle by Étienne Lenoir in 1784. He...
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  • Méchain and he brought in the repeating circle, an instrument for geodetic surveying, developed from the reflecting circle by Étienne Lenoir in 1784. Invented...
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    geometry, Thales's theorem states that if A, B, and C are distinct points on a circle where the line AC is a diameter, the angle ∠ ABC is a right angle. Thales's...
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    chosen point on the circumference of a circle—called an epicycle—which rolls without slipping around a fixed circle. It is a particular kind of roulette...
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    The Rat or Mouse (鼠) is the first of the repeating 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac, constituting part of the Chinese calendar...
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    measure the strength of the wind,MHS Geneva) Electrometer Saussure's repeating circle, on display at the Musée d'histoire des sciences de la Ville de Genève...
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    prevailed upon the government to replace Bird's mural quadrant by a repeating circle 6 feet (1.8 m) in diameter. The new instrument was constructed by Edward...
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    of three stars in the same altitude, and in 1815 again, with a new repeating circle. In 1822, '24, and '28 he assisted the astronomical and geodetic service...
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  • shoving each other, repeating this song over and over. There is no accurate end to this game. One variation to the game is to play in a circle drawn on the ground...
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    refraction. A complete description of the instrument is given by Pearson. Repeating circle McConnell 2007Jesse Ramsden (1735–1800) Insley 2008 The Great Theodolites...
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    and designs. Most of the more recognizable designs today, like the repeating circles, scales, flowers, dots, and clovers, were created at that time. Once...
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  • also been affected in a lesser proportion by systematic errors of the repeating circle. The definition of the length of a metre in the 1790s was founded upon...
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  • the search query vector (imagine multiple points lying more or less on a circle with the query point at the center; the distance from the query to all data...
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