 | 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,... | |
 | 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.... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 752 pages
...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 bè a solid figure described by the revolution of... | |
 | Oliver Welch - Arithmetic - 1812 - 236 pages
...fofnd 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... | |
 | Anthony Nesbit, W. Little - Measurement - 1822 - 916 pages
...equal parts, called minutes; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds, &c. 49. An ellipse is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, called the circumference; but as the figure is not a circle, it is described from two points in the loneest diameter, called... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 308 pages
...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 the circumference... | |
 | James Mitchell - Mathematics - 1823 - 666 pages
...the same a« 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... | |
 | Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - Astronomy - 1829 - 312 pages
...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 the centre. GRAVITY, a term used by physical writers to denote the cause by which all bodies move towards... | |
 | 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... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - Astronomy - 1838 - 160 pages
...particular time in a certain point of the heavens.| • See Fig. 5, Plate VI. t See Fig. 7, Plate VI. A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, called the cir cumference, every part of which is equally distant from the centre. The diameter of a circle is... | |
| |
THE CIRCLE. 464. A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, called the circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center. The diameter of a circle is a line passing through its center, and terminated... 
