 | Mathematics - 1801 - 658 pages
...round pyramid, having a circular base. , 4. 8. A sphere is a solid, bounded by one continued convex surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, call- LJL!| ed the centre. The sphere may -jj', be conceived to be formed by the revolution of a semicircle... | |
 | David Steel - 1805 - 392 pages
...whence it gradually tapers 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... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 752 pages
...species. GLOBE, a round or spherical body, more usually called a sphere, bounded by one uniform convex surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called its centre. Euclid defines Ihr globe or sphere, to bč a solid figure described by the revolution... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1809 - 700 pages
...species. GLOBE, a round or spherical body, more usually called a sphere, bounded by one uniform convex surface, every point of .which is equally distant from a point within called its centre. Euclid defines the globe or sphere, to be a solid figure described by the revolution... | |
 | Oliver Welch - Arithmetic - 1812 - 236 pages
...'c.'' to find the solidity of a globe, or spher-e. NB A globe or sphere is a round body boundedby a surface every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre ; a line passing from one side to the other through the centre is called the diameter,... | |
 | Jedidiah Morse - Geography - 1814 - 696 pages
...lines, which meet each other. Circle. A circle is a regular figure, bounded by a curve line, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the centre. The circumference of a circle is the curve line, which bounds it. The radius of a circle is the distance... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1819 - 394 pages
...species. GLOBE, a round or spherical body, more usually called a sphere, bounded by one uniform convex surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called its centre. Euclid defines the globe or sphere, to be a solid figure described by the revolution... | |
 | Sidney Edwards Morse - Atlases - 1822 - 706 pages
...lines, which meet each other. Circle. A circle is a regular figure, bounded by a curve line, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the centre. The circumference of a circle is the curve line, which bounds it. The radius of a circle is a straight... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 308 pages
...perpendicular height, and take one third of the product. 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. Rule for finding the surface of a sphere or any segment or zone thereof. Multiply... | |
 | James Mitchell - Mathematics - 1823 - 666 pages
...SPECULUM, the same as Mirror. SPHERK. or ULOBE, in Geometry, is a solid contained under one uniform surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre of the sphere, and may be conceived to be generated by the revolution ot a semi-circle... | |
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A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center. 
