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" A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center. "
Cyclopedia of Architecture: Architectural drawing. Lettering - Page 48
1912
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Mathematical Dictionary and Cyclopedia of Mathematical Science: Comprising ...

Charles Davies, William Guy Peck - Electronic book - 1855 - 592 pages
...two straight lines cannot include a space. A circle is a portion of a plane bounded by a curved line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. 1 The curve is called the circumference, or in common language, the circle. So that in...
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The American Philosophical Arithmetic: Designed for the Use of Advanced ...

John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1856 - 312 pages
...ten, a DECAGON ; that of twelve, a DODECAGON, &c. A CIRCLE is a plane, terminated by a curved line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. The curved line is called the circumference. The DIAMETER of a circle is a line passing...
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A High-school Astronomy: In which the Descriptive, Physical, and Practical ...

Hiram Mattison - Astronomy - 1856 - 254 pages
...• c. i;. 18. ClBCLES AND ELLIPSES. A Circle is a plane figure, bounded by a curve line, every part of which is equally distant from a point within called the center. Concentric Circles are such as are drawn around a common center. The Circumference of a circle is the...
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Cornell's High School Geography: Forming Part Third of a Systematic Series ...

Sarah S. Cornell - Geography - 1857 - 422 pages
...the magnitude of the radius. Definition of a Sphere. — A Sphere is a body bounded by one continuous surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called its centre. Any line drawn from the centre to the surface is called a radius. A line passing through...
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Mathematical Dictionary and Cyclopedia of Mathematical Science: Comprising ...

Charles Davies, William Guy Peck - Mathematics - 1857 - 608 pages
...the mind an idea of a physical unit of measure, called a foot. So a " portion of space bounded by a surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre," is a mere conception of form. When we call it a sphere, we employ the term to express...
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Elements of Geometry and Conic Sections

Elias Loomis - Conic sections - 1858 - 256 pages
...THE CIRCLE, AND THE MEASURE OF ANGLES. Definitions. 1. A circk is a plane figure bounded by a line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the center. This bounding line is called the circumference of the circle. 2. A radius of a circle is a straight...
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Carpentry Made Easy: Or, The Science and Art of Framing, on a New and ...

William E. Bell - Bridge building - 1857 - 250 pages
...which have like positions in similar polygons. 34. The circumference of a circle is a curved line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. 35. The circle is the surface bounded by the circumference. 36. A radius of a circle is...
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Elements of Analytic Geometry and of the Differential and Integral Calculus

Elias Loomis - Calculus - 1859 - 320 pages
...cos. v, y=r sin. v. SECTION IT. ON THE CIRCLE. (32.) A CIRCLE is a plane figure bounded by a line, every point of which is equally distant from a' point within called the center. This bounding line is called the circumference of the circle. A radius of a circle is a straight line...
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Carpentry Made Easy, Or, The Science and Art of Framing, on a New and ...

William E. Bell - Bridges - 1859 - 226 pages
...which have like positions in similar polygons. 34. The circumference of a circle is a curved line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. 35. The circle is the surface bounded by the circumference. 36. A radius of a circle is...
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The Readable Dictionary: Or, Topical and Synonymic Lexicon: Containing ...

John Williams (of Lancaster, O.) - English language - 1860 - 410 pages
...Of Curvilinear Figures. A CIRCLE is a plain figure bounded by a curve line called the circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center. An ELLIPSE has the form of a flattened circle, and may be formed / by passing • a plane obliquely...
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