 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 458 pages
...bounded by thrrc lines or «ides." " A circle is a plane figure, bounded liy a curre line called the circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre." AD axiom is a manifest truth not requiring a detnonstratipn : The following areexamplcs... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1811 - 516 pages
...bounded by three lines or sides." " A circle is a plane figure, bounded by a curve line called the circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre." An axiom is a manifest truth not requiring a demonstration : The following are examples... | |
 | Anthony Nesbit - Surveying - 1824 - 476 pages
...called the axis or diameter of the sphere ; or it is a solid bounded by one continued convex surface, every part of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. 14. The segment of a sphere is any part of it cut off by a plane. If the plane pass through... | |
 | Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1826 - 176 pages
...pyramid, having a circle for its base. 8. A sphere is a solid bounded by one continued convex surface, every part of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre. Mensuration of Solids teaches to determine the spaces included bv contiguous surfaces,... | |
 | Montgomery Robert Bartlett - Education - 1828 - 426 pages
...divide the circumference by 3.14159. NOTE 1. A globe is a rouml, solid body, bounded by a surface, every part of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre. OBs. 1. The surface of a globe may be found by the following The largest ball near the... | |
 | Timothy Claxton - Decimal system - 1830 - 34 pages
...and of equal size throughout, is a cylinder. GLOBE, a sphere, or ball ; a solid with a curved surface every part of which is equally distant from a point within, called its centre. CONE, is a solid having a circle for its base, its sides are convex and terminate in a... | |
 | Catharine Esther Beecher - Arithmetic - 1833 - 296 pages
...obtained by finding the cube root of 614125. A circle is a figure contained by one line called the circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre. The diameter of a circle, is a line drawn through the centre, dividing it into two equal... | |
 | Mrs. L. H. Tyler - Astronomy - 1837 - 302 pages
...hemisphere? lit FIGURE 9. M (19.) DBF. 2. A circle is a plane figure, comprehended by a single curve line, called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within, called its centre. The enclosed surface in fig. 3, represents a circle, the curve line its circumference and... | |
 | James Robinson (of Boston.) - 1847 - 304 pages
...figure is the sum of all its sides. 35. A CIRCLE is a plane surface bounded by a curve line, called the circumference ; every part of which is equally distant from a point within the figure, called the centre of the circle. The figure CDE is a circle. 36. THE RADIUS of a circle... | |
 | Elias Loomis - Conic sections - 1849 - 252 pages
...AND THE MEASURE OF ANGLES. Definitions. 1. A circle is a plane figure bounded by a line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the center. This bounding line is called the circumference of the circle. 2. A radius of a circle is a straight... | |
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A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center. 
