 | Mathematics - 1801 - 658 pages
...triangular^ or square, or hexagon' at, &C. 7. A cone is a 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',... | |
 | David Steel - 1805 - 392 pages
...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.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... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1811 - 516 pages
...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 examples of axioms,... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 458 pages
...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 of axioms,... | |
 | Oliver Welch - Arithmetic - 1812 - 236 pages
...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, or axis. RULE.... | |
 | Charles Vyse - Arithmetic - 1815 - 340 pages
...sphere is a solid bounded by a convex surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point C,. within, called the centre. / The axis, or diameter of a sphere, is the right Ifne AB. Fig. 23. A segment of a sphere is a part cut off by a plane A B. If the plane pass... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 308 pages
...of a pyramid, is, multiply the base by the 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... | |
 | James Mitchell - Mathematics - 1823 - 666 pages
...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 Rbout its diameter,... | |
 | Anthony Nesbit - Surveying - 1824 - 476 pages
...semi-circle about its diameter, which remains fixed, and is called the axis or diameter of the sphere ; or it is a solid bounded by one continued convex surface,...equally distant from a point within, called the centre. 14. The segment of a sphere is any part of it cut off by a plane. If the plane pass through the centre,... | |
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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. 
