 | Euclides - 1660 - 368 pages
...figure •> and falling upon the circumference thereof, are equall the one to the other. XV I. And that point is called the Centre of the circle. XVII. A Diameter of a circle is a right line drawn through the centre thereof, and ending at the circumference on eii ther Б ther fidejdividing... | |
 | Robert Simson - Trigonometry - 1762 - 466 pages
...XIV. A figure is that which is inclofed by one or more boundaries. XV. Book I. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is fuch that all ftraight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are... | |
 | Joseph Fenn - Mathematics - 1769
...XIV. Figure, is that which is inclofed by one or more boundaries. Fig. 10. XV. A Circle, is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is fuch that all ftraight lines (CB, CD,) drawn from a certain point (C) within the figure to the circumference,... | |
 | John Keill - Geometry - 1772 - 462 pages
...-, to which all Right Lines, drawn from a certain Point within the Figure, are equal. XVI. And that Point is called the Centre of the. Circle. XVII. A Diameter of a Circle is a Right Linf drawn through the Centre, and terminated on both Sides by the Circumference, and divides... | |
 | Robert Simson - Trigonometry - 1775 - 520 pages
...thing." XIV. A figure is that which is inclofed by one or more boundaries. XV. XV. . A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is Called the circumference, and is fuch that all ftraight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are... | |
 | Euclid - 1781 - 550 pages
...At. V« A figure is that which is inclbfed by one or more boundaries XV. Book I. A cirele is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is fuch that all ftraight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are... | |
 | John Keill - Geometry - 1782 - 399 pages
...-, to which all Right Lines, drawn from a certain Point within the Figure, are equal. XVI. And that Point is called the Centre of the Circle. XVII. A Diameter of a Circle is a Right Line drawn through the Centre, and terminated tn both Sides by the Circumference, and divides... | |
 | Thomas Beddoes - Geometry - 1793 - 196 pages
...with a view to take their relative dimenfions accurately. DEFINITION xv and xvi. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is fuch, that all Jlraight lines drawn from a certain point, ivitbin the figure to the circumference,... | |
 | John Playfair - Trigonometry - 1795 - 444 pages
...right angle. X. A figure is that which is inclofed by one or more boundaries. XI. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is fuch that all ftraight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are... | |
 | Alexander Ingram - Trigonometry - 1799 - 351 pages
...A figure is that which is inclofed by one or more boundaries. XV. XV. BOOK. I. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is fuch that all ftraight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are... | |
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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 : XVI. 
