 | David Steel - 1805 - 392 pages
...to the vertex. A Sphere, or globe, is a solid bounded by one uniform convex surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. The sphere may be conceived to be formed by the rotation of a semi-circle about its diameter. The.i4.ra... | |
 | Samuel Webber - Mathematics - 1808 - 520 pages
...square, or hexagonal, 8. A sphere is a solid, bounded by one continued convex surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre* The sphere may be conceived to be formed by the revolution of a semicircle about its diameter, which remains... | |
 | Pierce Morton - Geometry - 1830 - 584 pages
...point in the surface of which is at the same distance from a certain point within the figure, which is called the centre. The distance from the centre to the surface is called the raditis, or sometimes the semidiameter of the sphere, because it is the half of a straight... | |
 | Tobias Ostrander - Measurement - 1833 - 172 pages
...those lines being parallel to the base 7 SECTION II. OF CIRCLES. A CIRCLE is a plane, bounded by a line which is equally distant from a point within called the centre. The bounding line is called the circumference or periphery. An arc is any portion of that circumference.... | |
 | Catharine Esther Beecher - Arithmetic - 1833 - 296 pages
...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 parts. It is found... | |
 | Tobias Ostrander - Measurement - 1834 - 182 pages
...2,321, and 3,025, the distances required. SECTION II. OP CIRCLES. A CIRCLE is a plane, bounded by a line which is equally distant from a point within called the centre. The bounding line. | is called the circumference or periphery. An arc is any portion of that circumference.... | |
 | Mathematics - 1835 - 684 pages
...point in the surface of which is at the same distance from a certain point within the figure, which is called the centre. The distance from the centre to the surface is called the radius, or sometimes the semidiameter of the sphere, because it is the half of a straight... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1839 - 356 pages
...baring a circular base. 8. A sphere is a solid, bounded by one continued convex surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. The sphere may be conceived to be formed by the revolution of a semicircle about its diameter, which remains... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1841 - 324 pages
...having a circular base. 8. A sphere is a solid, bounded by one continued convex surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. The sphere may be conceived to be formed by the revolution of a semicircle about its diameter, which remains... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1841 - 334 pages
...having a circular base. 8. A sphere is a solid, bounded by one continued conveX surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. The sphere may be conceived to be formed by the revolution of a semicircle about its diameter, which remains... | |
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A Sphere is a solid bounded by a surface every point in which is equally distant from a point within called the Centre. 
