 | Robert Simson - Trigonometry - 1762 - 488 pages
...extremity of any thing." XIV. A figure is that which is inclofed by one or more boundaries. XV. Book I. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is fuch that all ftraight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are... | |
 | Joseph Fenn - Mathematics - 1769 - 524 pages
...magnitude. A DEFINITIONS. XIV. Figure, is that which is inclofed by one or more boundaries. Fig. 10. XV. A Circle, is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is fuch that all ftraight lines (CB, CD,) drawn from a certain point (C) within the figure to the circumference,... | |
 | Robert Simson - Trigonometry - 1775 - 534 pages
...extremity of any thing." XIV. A figure is that which is inclofed by one or more boundaries. XV. XV. . A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is Called the circumference, and is fuch that all ftraight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are... | |
 | Euclid - 1781 - 552 pages
...any thing." At. V« A figure is that which is inclbfed by one or more boundaries XV. Book I. A cirele is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is fuch that all ftraight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are... | |
 | Thomas Beddoes - Geometry - 1793 - 196 pages
...confider fuch angles, with a view to take their relative dimenfions accurately. DEFINITION xv and xvi. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is fuch, that all Jlraight lines drawn from a certain point, ivitbin the figure to the circumference,... | |
 | Alexander Ingram - Trigonometry - 1799 - 374 pages
...XIII. Omitted. XIV. A figure is that which is inclofed by one or more boundaries. XV. XV. BOOK. I. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is fuch that all ftraight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are... | |
 | Robert Simson - Trigonometry - 1804 - 528 pages
...thing." XIV. A figure is that which is inclofed by one or more boundaries XV. Book A circle is a plain figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is fuch that all ftraight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are... | |
 | Robert Simson - Trigonometry - 1806 - 548 pages
...extremity of any thing." XIV. A figure is that which is enclosed by onew more boundaries. XV. Book I. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called l •»•j< the circumference, and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within... | |
 | Edward Edwards - Perspective - 1806 - 414 pages
...properties of right lines and angles, it will be neceflary to fpeak of the circle. A CIRCLE is a plain figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is fuch, that all ftraight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are... | |
 | Robertson Buchanan - Gearing - 1808 - 216 pages
...which meeting do not lie in one line. 2. A triangle is a figure contained by three straight lines. 3. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line,...figure to the circumference, are equal to one another, and this point is called the centre of the circle. 4. The radius of a circle, is a right line drawn... | |
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A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. 
