 | Rufus Putnam - Arithmetic - 1849 - 402 pages
...which are straight lines is called a rtxtilinear figure. 34. A CIRCLE is a plane surface, enclosed by a curve line called the circumference, every part of which is equally distant from the centre. 35. The DIAMETER -of a circle is a straight line passing through its centre and terminated... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1849 - 336 pages
...length, width, and depth equal ? ART. 284. A SPHERE is a solid bounded by one continued convex surface, every part of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. The diameter of a sphere is a straight line passing through the centre, and terminated by the surface... | |
 | J. M. Scribner - Mechanical engineering - 1849 - 286 pages
...will be the whole area not ar from the Tuth. SECTION lii. OF THE CIRCLE AN1MTS PARTS. DEFINITIONS. 1. A circle is a plane figure, bounded by a curve line, called thp circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a certain point within, called the center.... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1850 - 368 pages
...and the square is one of four; the former being also called a trigon, and the latter a tetragon. 44. A circle is a plane figure, bounded by a curve line, called the circumference, which is everywhere equidistant from a certain point, called its centre. The circumference itself is... | |
 | John Weale - 1850 - 590 pages
...polygon has all its sides and its angles equal; and if they are not equal, the polygon is irregular. A circle is a plane figure, bounded by a curve line, called the circumference, which is every where equidistant, from a certain point within, tailed its centre. The radius of a circle... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - 1850 - 350 pages
...having a circular base. 8. A sphere is a solid, bounded by one continued convex surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. The sphere may be conceived to be formed by the revolution of a semicircle about its diameter, which... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1851 - 332 pages
...equal ? Ans. 13.92-f- feet. ART. 284. A SPHERE is a solid bounded by one continued convex surface, every part of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. The diameter of a sphere is a straight line passing through the centre, and terminated by the surface... | |
 | Charles Haynes Haswell - Engineering - 1851 - 346 pages
........ A Nonagon " nine " . " '• A Decagon * ten " An Undecagon " eleven " . . A Dodecagon " twelve '* A CIRCLE is a plane figure bounded by a curve line, called the Circumference (ol Periphery). " An Arc is any part of the circumference of a circle. in A Chord is a right line joining... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - Science - 1852 - 430 pages
...it stands.'7 " A triangle is a plain figure, bounded by three lines or sides." " A circle is a plain figure bounded by a curve line, called the circumference,...equally distant from a point within, called the centre," &c. &c. 10. An axiom is a manifest truth not requiring any demonstration : as the following Examples.... | |
 | Edward Shaw - Architecture - 1852 - 426 pages
...square is one of four — the former being called a trigon, and the latter a tetragon. Plate 2. 42. A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curve line, called the circumference, which is every where equidistant from a certain point within, called its centre. 43. The radius of... | |
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A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line called the circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre ; as ABD E. 
