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Excerpt from An Abridgment of Smith's Illustrated Astronomy: Designed for the Use of Junior Classes in the Public or Common Schools in the United States The Diameter of a Cir cle is a straight line, passing through the centre, and terminating both ways by the circumference. 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.