 | John Muller - 1756 - 372 pages
...its fides are equal as well as all its angles; and irregular, when they are unequal. 31. A polygon is faid to be infcribed in a circle, when all its angles touch the circumference; and circumscribed about a circle, when all its fides touch the circle. Polygons... | |
 | Thomas Simpson - Geometry - 1760 - 296 pages
...applied, or infcribed in a circle, when both its extremes are in the periphery thereof. 13. A right- lined figure is faid to be infcribed in a circle, when all its angles are in the circumference of the circle. i4. A circle is faid to be defcribed about a right-lined figure, when the periphery of... | |
 | John Muller - Mathematics - 1769 - 152 pages
...the triangles D*C, B^A, are equiangular, and De : Be : : e C : e\-. POLYGONS. Definitions. A polygon is faid to be infcribed in a circle, when all its angles touch, or are in the circumference ; and circumfcribed, when all the fides touch the circle. When all... | |
 | John Muller - Mathematics - 1773 - 202 pages
...triangles DeC, BM., are equiangular, and De : Be : : eC : ?A. '.j» OLYGON S. Definitions. A polygon is faid to be infcribed in a circle, when all its angles touch, or are in the circumference ; and circumfcribed, when all the fides touch the circle. When all... | |
 | Euclid - Euclid's Elements - 1789 - 296 pages
...another, when all the fides of the one pafs through the angular points of the other. 3. A re&ilineal figure is faid to be infcribed in a circle, when all its angular points are in the circumference of the circle. 4. A re&ilineal figure is faid to be defcribed... | |
 | John Muller - Fortification - 1799 - 336 pages
...its fides are equal as well as all its angles; and Irregular, when they are unequal. 31. A polygon is faid to be infcribed in a circle, when all its angles touch the circumference; and drcumfcribed about a circle, when all its fides touch the circle. Polygons... | |
 | Rev. John Allen - Astronomy - 1822 - 516 pages
...of the former touches all the angles of the other. 3. A rectilineal figure, is said to.be inscribed in a circle, when all its angles, are in the circumference of the circle. 4. A circle, is said to be circumscribed about a rectilineal figure, when every angle of... | |
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A polygon is faid to be infcribed in a circle, when all its angles touch, or are in the circumference ; and circumfcribed, when all the fides touch the circle. 