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A Discovery Useful to Telescope Makers Was Made by Isaac

Question 216

Question 216

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A discovery useful to telescope makers was made by Isaac Newton,namely that the surface of a liquid spun in a circle assumes the shape of a(n) :


A) sphere.
B) parabola.
C) ellipse.
D) hyperbola.

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