| John Aikin - Geography - 1807 - 442 pages
...Mew Holland - 387 Appendix » - ."591 INTRODUCTION. Definitions respecting the Circle and Sphere. 1. A circle is a plain figure bounded by a curved line, called the circumference, which is every where equally distant from a point within the figure called the centre. 2. A diameter... | |
| Lucius D. Gould - Carpentry - 1853 - 234 pages
...figure is equilateral when all its sides are equal. When both these are equal, it is a regular figure. A circle is a plain figure bounded by a curved line, called the circumference, which is everywhere equidistant from the centre, Fig. 3. The radius of a circle, Fig. 4, is a line... | |
| Lucius D. Gould - 1857 - 464 pages
...figure is equilateral when all its sides are equal. When both these are equal, it is a regular figure. A circle is a plain figure bounded by a curved line, called the circumference, which is everywhere equidistant from the centre, Fig. 3. The radius of a circle, Fig. 4, is a line... | |
| William Carter Hughes - Flour mills - 1862 - 348 pages
...4J 21 3} 22 1^ 23 0^ 23 11] 24 9] 25 8j 26 7 GEOMETRICAL DEFINITIONS OF THE CIRCLE AND ITS PARTS. 1. A CIRCLE is a plain figure bounded by a curved line, called the circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a certain point, called the centre. 2. The diameter of... | |
| William Alexander Myers - Circle-squaring - 1873 - 238 pages
...oblong. PLATE 11. DEFINITIONS OF PLANE AND RECTILINEAI, SURFACES E H Of the Circle, see Plate 3. 1. A circle is a plain figure bounded by a curved line called the circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point withinAnd this point within is called the center... | |
| William Alexander Myers - Circle-squaring - 1874 - 207 pages
...oblong. DEFINITIONS OF PLANE ANI} RECTILINEAL SURFACED BC D C 0 E H Of ike Circle i see Plate 3. 1. A circle is a plain figure bounded by a curved line called the circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within* And this point within is called the center... | |
| James Alexander McLellan, Albert Flintoft Ames - Arithmetic - 1897 - 368 pages
...direction, the position of vessels at sea, and the like. 173. A Circle is a plane figure contained by one line called the circumference, all points of which are equally distant from a point within it called the centre. One-half of the circumference is called the semicircumference, and one-fourth... | |
| James Alexander McLellan, Albert Flintoft Ames - Arithmetic - 1897 - 368 pages
...direction, the position of vessels at sea, and the like. 173. A Circle is a plane figure contained by one line called the circumference, all points of which are equally distant from a point within it called the centre. One-half of the circumference is called the semicircumference, and one-fourth... | |
| Anson Kent Cross - Art - 1897 - 200 pages
...plane directly opposite the station-point. Circle. A plane figure bounded by a curved line, called a circumference, all points of which are equally distant from a point within called the center. A The boundary line is called the CIRCUMFERENCE. DIAMETER. A straight line drawn through... | |
| Joseph Johnston Hardy - Geometry, Analytic - 1897 - 398 pages
...between parallel lines are equal. 18. A circle is a portion of a plane bounded by a curved line called a circumference, all points of which are equally distant from a point within called the center. 19. The limit of a variable is ' (1) a constant, (2) towards which the variable continually... | |
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