 | John Imison - Art - 1822 - 488 pages
...segment formed by the diameter of the circle, as CEB, and is equal to half the circle. 36. A tangent is a straight line drawn so as just to touch a circle without cutting it, as G H. (Fig. 18.) The point A, where it touches the circle, is called the point of contact. And a... | |
 | John Nicholson - Machinery - 1825 - 822 pages
...segment formed by the diameter of the circle, as CEB, and is equal to half the circle. 47. A tangent is a straight line, drawn so as just to touch a circle without cutting it, as GH (Fig. 18). The point A, where it touches the circle, is called the point of contact. And a tangent... | |
 | John Nicholson (Civil engineer) - Building - 1830 - 240 pages
...segment formed by the diameter of the circle, as CEB, and is equal to half the circle. 47. A tangent is a straight line, drawn so as just to touch a circle without cutting it, as GH (Fig. 18). The point A, where it touches the circle, is called the point of contact. And a tangent... | |
 | Luke Hebert - Industrial arts - 1835 - 816 pages
...segment formed by the diameter of the circle, and b equal to half the circle, as in Fig. P. A tangent is a straight line, drawn so as just to touch a circle without cutting it, as de, Fig. T. The point where it touches the circle, is called the point of contact ; and a tangent... | |
 | Luke Hebert - Industrial arts - 1836 - 814 pages
...segment formed by the diameter of the circle, and is equal to half the circle, as in Fig. P. A tangent is a straight line, drawn so as just to touch a circle without cutting it, as de, Fig. T. The point where it touches the circle, is called the point of contact ; and a tangent... | |
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... of a circle is a part of a circle cut off by a straight line drawn across it. This straight line is called the chord. A segment may be either equal to, greater, or less than a semi-circle, which is a segment formed by the diameter of the circle, as... 