| Elias Loomis - Conic sections - 1849 - 252 pages
...BOOK IX. SPHERICAL GEOMETRY. Definitions. 1. A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the center. The sphere may be conceived to be described by the revolution of a semicircle ADB, about its diameter AB,... | |
| J. M. Scribner - Mechanical engineering - 1849 - 286 pages
...an ellipse about either of its axes. 6. A sphere is a solid, terminated by a curved surface, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the center. A sphere may be described by the revolution of a semicircle about a diameter. 7. A radius of a sphere... | |
| James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1857 - 376 pages
...? 38. What is the square root of .376942784 ? 329. APPLICATION OF THE SQUARE ROOT. DEFINITIONS. 1. A CIRCLE is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, all parts of the line being equally distant from a point within, called the centre. 2. The curve which... | |
| Elias Loomis - Conic sections - 1858 - 256 pages
...BOOK IX. SPHERICAL GEOMETRY Definitions. 1. A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, all th« points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the center. The sphere may be conceived to be described by the revolution of a semicircle ADB, about its diameter AB,... | |
| Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic (Commercial), 1861 - 1861 - 348 pages
...Ans. 9f cu. ft. nearly. SPHERES. ART. 181. A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the center. The diameter or axis of a sphere is a line passing through the center, and terminated each way by the surface.... | |
| Elias Loomis - Conic sections - 1861 - 254 pages
...SPHERICAL GEOMETRY Definitions. 1. A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, all the Aroints of which are equally distant from a point within, called the center. The sphere may be conceived to be described by the revolution of a semicircle A.DB, about its diameter... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - Geometry - 1862 - 518 pages
...figure ADB B. 153. The CIRCUMFERENCE or PERIPHERY of a circle is its. entire bounding line ; or it is a curved line, all points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre. 154. A RADIUS of a circle is any straight line drawn from the centre to the circumference... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - Geometry - 1861 - 638 pages
...C" : D", and A* : Bi : : C* : D*. BOOK III. THE CIRCLE, AND THE MEASURE OF ANGLES. DEFINITIONS. 152. A CIRCLE is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre; as the figure ADB E.... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - Geometry - 1863 - 502 pages
...give A n : B n : : C n : D", and BOOK III. THE CIRCLE, AND THE MEASURE OF ANGLES. DEFINITIONS. 152. A CIRCLE is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the center; as the figure ADB E.... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - Geometry - 1863 - 504 pages
...: D", and A» : Bi : : Ci : D*. B.OOK III. THE CIRCLE, AND THE MEASURE 0F ANGLES. DEFINITIONS. 152. A CIRCLE is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, all tbe points of which are equally distant from a point within called the center; as the figure ADB E.... | |
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