| Mathematics - 1801 - 658 pages
...pyramid, having a circular base. 8. A sfhere 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... | |
| David Steel - 1805 - 392 pages
...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 its diameter. The Axis... | |
| Oliver Welch - Arithmetic - 1812 - 236 pages
...the solidity of a globe, or sphere. 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, or axis. RULE.... | |
| William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 308 pages
...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 the circumference... | |
| James Mitchell - Mathematics - 1823 - 666 pages
...same aŤ Mirror. SPHKRK. or GLOBE, 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 about its diameter,... | |
| Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - Astronomy - 1829 - 312 pages
...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 the centre. GRAVITY, a term used by physical writers to denote the cause by which all bodies move towards each... | |
| 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. circle... | |
| Tobias Ostrander - Measurement - 1833 - 172 pages
...2,321, and 3,025, the distances required. 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.... | |
| 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.... | |
| William Pinnock - Geography - 1835 - 518 pages
...Geometry and Astronomy. In GEOMETRY it signifies a solid, contained under one uniform round 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 of it semicircle about its diameter,... | |
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