 Circle is a plane figure bounded by one uniformly curved line, bed (Fig. 16), called the circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the centre, as a.  A course of geometrical drawing - Page 4by William Schofield Binns - 1861Full view - About this book
 | Euclid - Euclid's Elements - 1789 - 296 pages
...than a right angle. 12. A : \ 12. A figure is that which is inclofed by one or more boundaries. 13. A circle is a plane figure, contained by one line, called the- circumference, which is every where equally diftant from a point within the figure, called the centre. 14. Rectilineal... | |
 | James Ferguson - Astronomy - 1809 - 533 pages
...epochs, divisions, subdivisions, and measures. Circle, is a plane figure bounded by a uniformly-curved line called the circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a certain point within the same, called the centre. Diameter is a right line passing through the centre,... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 460 pages
...plain figure, 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
...a plain figure, 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... | |
 | Thomas Keith - 1817 - 304 pages
...and on the contrary, the nearer yo"u brini them together, the less the opening or angle will be. 10. A Circle is a plane figure contained by one line called the circumference, which is every where equally distant from a point within it, called the centre, as c : and an arc of... | |
 | William Hawney - Geometry - 1820 - 312 pages
...and on the contrary, the nearer you bring them together the less the oponing or angle will be. 10. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line called the circumference, which is every where equally distant from a point within it, called the centre, as C : And an arch... | |
 | George Crabb - Industrial arts - 1823 - 732 pages
...each to each. ' 'unilinear Figures. Of curvilinear figures the most important is the circle. Circle. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, called the circumference or periphery, as BAD, fig. 20, which is at an equal distance from a certain point, called the centre,... | |
 | Catharine Esther Beecher - Arithmetic - 1833 - 283 pages
...side ? Ans. 85 yards. Note. This answer is obtained by finding the cube root of 614125. A circle is a figure contained by one line called the circumference,...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... | |
 | Ireland commissioners of nat. educ - 1834 - 370 pages
...points recede from each other, the vertical point remaining fixed, as before, the greater th;angle. 10. A Circle is a plane figure contained by one line called the circumference, which A/ is every where equally distant from a point within it, called its centre ; as ó : and an... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1834 - 300 pages
...is the distance of the centre from either corner ? A CIRCLE is a plane .surface bounded by one curve line, called the circumference, every part of which is equally distant from the centre. A straight line through the I centre of a circle is called a diameter, and a straight line... | |
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