| Euclid, James Williamson - Euclid's Elements - 1781 - 324 pages
...extremity of any thing is called A TERM. 14. Thefpace bounded by one or more terms is called a FIGURE. 15. A CIRCLE is a plane figure bounded by one line, which is called a CIRCUMFERENCE : upon which all the ftraight lines falling, from oNE PoINT of thofe lying within the... | |
| John Playfair - Mathematics - 1806 - 320 pages
...figure is that which is inclosed by one or more boundaries. XL 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. XII. And this point... | |
| Robertson Buchanan - Gearing - 1808 - 216 pages
...2. A triangle is a figure contained by three straight lines. 3. 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, and this point is... | |
| Euclides - 1814 - 560 pages
...is inclosed by one or more boundaries. XV. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, winch 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. XVI. And this point... | |
| John Playfair - 1819 - 354 pages
...reference to the nature of the line or lines which bound it. XI. 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. And this point is... | |
| Euclid, Robert Simson - Geometry - 1821 - 514 pages
...figure is that which is inclosed by one or more boundaries. XV. 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: XVI. And this point... | |
| Euclid - 1822 - 222 pages
...~* 14. A plane figure is a plane surface^ which is. bounded on all sides by one or more lines. 15. A circle is a plane figure bounded by one line,, which...is called the circumference, and is such that all right lines drawn from a certain point within the figure, to the circumference, are equal to one another.... | |
| Robertson Buchanan - Machinery - 1823 - 440 pages
...A triangle is a figure contained by three straight lines. 56. 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, and this point is... | |
| Robert Simson - Trigonometry - 1827 - 546 pages
...figure is that which is enclosed by one or more boundaries. XV. 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. XVI. And this point... | |
| Euclid, Robert Simson - Geometry - 1829 - 548 pages
...figure is that which is enclosed by one or more boundaries. XV. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that all straight lihes drawn from a certain point within' the figure to the circumference, are equal to one another... | |
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