 A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center. The radius of a sphere is a straight line drawn from the center to the surface.  Mechanical Drawing ... - Page 163by Frank William Bartlett - 1911 - 164 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Brocklesby - Astronomy - 1855 - 394 pages
...other very oval. 1. Eccentric, from ex out of , and centrum centre, (Latin) out of the centre. 19. A SPHERE. 'A sphere is a solid, bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre; every line passing through this centre, and... | |
 | William Latham Bevan - Geography - 1869 - 698 pages
...chiefly from Astronomy and Geometry. The following need explanation : — Sphere, a body terminated by a curved surface, every point of which is equidistant from a point inside it, named its centre. Spheroid, a body approximating to a sphere, but not a perfect sphere.... | |
 | Alfred Hiley - 1871 - 184 pages
...is 24 ft. throughout. Find the cubic contents. XXV. THE SPHERE. Definitions. — A sphere or globe is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a certain point within the sphere, called the centre. The radius of a sphere is... | |
 | André Darré - 1872 - 226 pages
...in the circumference of the base. It is equal to the hypothenuse VB of the generating triangle. XII. A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every...point of which is equidistant from a point within it called the centre. A sphere may be conceived as generated by a circle revolving round any of its... | |
 | Samuel Sloan - 1873 - 298 pages
...lie in the circumference. A circle is a portion of a plane bounded on every side by a curved line, every point of which is equidistant from a point within, called the centre ; the radius is a right line drawn from the centre to the circumference ; the diameter is a... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - Astronomy - 1874 - 332 pages
...ellipse will be |, or .66+. 36. A Solid is a magnitude that has length, breadth, and thickness. 37. A Sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. A Hemisphere is half a sphere. A Diameter of... | |
 | Samuel Mecutchen, George Mornton Sayre - Arithmetic - 1877 - 200 pages
...the other, its length being 1 foot; what is the value of the lump, if an ounce is worth $20.69? THE SPHERE. A Sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the centre. The Diameter of a sphere... | |
 | Edwin Pliny Seaver, George Augustus Walton - Arithmetic - 1878 - 380 pages
...slant height. Thus, in Fig. 30, the line op indicates the slant height of the frustum. 724. A globe, or sphere, is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. 31 NOTE. A circle which divides a sphere into... | |
 | Alfred Hiley - 1879 - 228 pages
...24 ft. throughout. Fiud the cubic contents. 128 XXV. THE SPHERE. Definitions. — A sphere or globe is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a certain point within the sphere, called the centre. The radius of a sphere is... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1880 - 420 pages
...solid which remains when a portion having the vertex is cut off by a plane parallel to the base. 11. A Sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is at the same distance from a point within, called the center. The diameter of a sphere is a straight... | |
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