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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. "
Elements of Geometry: Containing the First Six Books of Euclid, with a ... - Page 7
by Euclid, John Playfair - 1846 - 317 pages
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Treatise on Arithmetic, in Theory and Practice: With an Appendix, Containing ...

James Thomson (LL.D.) - Arithmetic - 1837 - 296 pages
...line passing through two of its remote angles. XVII. A CIRCLE is a figure contained on a flat surface, by one line which is called the CIRCUMFERENCE; and is such that all straight lines drawn to the circumference from a certain point within the figure, called the CENTRE, are equal to each other....
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Euclid's Elements [book 1-6] with corrections, by J.R. Young

Euclides - 1838 - 264 pages
...is less than a right angle. XI. A figure is that which is enclosed by one or more boundaries. XII. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line,...drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circum ference, are equal to one another. XIII. And this point is called the centre of the circle,....
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The Elements of Euclid; viz. the first six books,together with the eleventh ...

Euclides - Geometry - 1841 - 378 pages
...the extremity of anything." XIV. A figure is that which is enclosed by one or more boundaries. XV. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line,...figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. XVI. And this point is called the centre of the circle. XVII. A diameter of a circle is a straight...
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Elements of geometry: consisting of the first four,and the sixth, books of ...

Euclides - 1842 - 316 pages
...is less than a right angle. XIV. A figure is that which is inclosed by one or more boundaries. XV. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line which...figure to the circumference are equal to one another. XVL This point is called the centre of the circle. XVII, A diameter of a circle is a straight line...
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Lessons on the globes

T H. Howe - 1842 - 458 pages
...taken and joined by a straight line, the straight line will lie altogether in that surface or plane. FA Circle is a plane figure, contained by one line which...figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. c That point within the circle which is thus equally distant from the circumference, is called the...
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A course of practical geometry for mechanics

William Pease - Geometry - 1843 - 80 pages
...&c. ; but geometrically, that only is a figure, which has either superficial or solid content. XV. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line,...figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. XVI. And this point is called the centre of the circle. A circle is the superficies or space enclosed...
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Euclid in Paragraphs: The Elements of Euclid: Containing the First Six Books ...

Euclid - Geometry - 1845 - 218 pages
...the extremity of any thing." XIV. A figure is that which is inclosed by one or more boundaries. XV. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line,...figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. XVI. And this point is called the centre of the circle. XVII. A diameter of a circle is a straight...
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Euclid's Elements of geometry [book 1-6, 11,12] with explanatory notes ...

Euclides - 1845 - 546 pages
...the extremity of any thing. XIV. A figure is that which is inclosed by one or more boundaries. XV. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line,...figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. XVI. And this point is called the centre of the circle. XVII. A diameter of a circle is a straight...
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A system of practical mathematics; being no.xvi. of a new series of school-books

Scottish school-book assoc - 1845 - 444 pages
...figure is that which is enclosed by one or more boundaries. 14. A circle is a plain figure bounded by one line, which is called the circumference, and...all straight lines drawn from a certain point within it to the circumference are equal to one another; 15. And this point is called the centre. 16. The...
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The First Six, and the Eleventh and Twelfth Books of Euclid's Elements: With ...

Euclid, James Thomson - Geometry - 1845 - 382 pages
...rhomboid is a parallelogram trhich has not its adjacent sides equal, nor its angles right angles. 30. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line,...which is called the circumference* and is such that R all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference are equal to...
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