 | John Playfair - Mathematics - 1806 - 320 pages
...boundaries. XL A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference are equal to one another. XII. And this point is called the centre of the circle. XHL... | |
 | Robert Simson - Trigonometry - 1806 - 546 pages
...I. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called l •»•j< the circumference, and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are equal to one another:. XVI. And this point is called the centre of the circle. XVH.... | |
 | Robertson Buchanan - Gearing - 1808 - 216 pages
...straight lines. 3. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such, that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are equal to one another, and this point is called the centre of the circle. 4. The... | |
 | Charles Butler - Mathematics - 1814 - 528 pages
...figures as are contained by more than one line, as the triangle, square, polygon, &c. are excluded; "and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure" (called in the next following definition " the centre") to the circumference, are equal to one another... | |
 | John Playfair - Circle-squaring - 1819 - 350 pages
...bound it. XI. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. XII. And this point is called the centre of the circle. XIII.... | |
 | Robertson Buchanan - Machinery - 1823 - 440 pages
...straight lines. 56. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such, that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are equal to one another, and this point is called the centre of the circle. 57- The... | |
 | Robert Simson - Trigonometry - 1827 - 546 pages
...boundaries. XV. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. XVI. And this point is called the centre of the circle. XVII.... | |
 | Pierce Morton - Geometry - 1830 - 584 pages
...circle is a plane / N. figure contained by one / \ line, which is called the circumference, and is each that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference are equal to one another. This point is called the centre of the circle ; and the distance... | |
 | Mathematics - 1836 - 488 pages
...bound it. 11. A circle is a plain figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. 12. And this point is called the centre of the circle. 13.... | |
 | Andrew Bell - Euclid's Elements - 1837 - 290 pages
...its area, 14. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. 15. This point is called the centre of the circle. 16. A diameter... | |
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A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such, that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference are equal to one another. 
