| William Chauvenet - Mathematics - 1872 - 382 pages
...the figure. BOOK II. THE CIRCLE. 1. DEFINITIONS. A circle is a portion of a plane bounded by a curve, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within it called the centre. The curve which bounds the circle is called its circumference. Any straight line... | |
| Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1873 - 362 pages
...12.64 feet ? Ans. 553.63-)- sq. ft. CIRCLES. 418. A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the center. The CIRCUMFERENCE is the bounding line ; as the line AEB D. The DIAMETER is any straight... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - Geometry - 1873 - 202 pages
...CIRCLE, AND THE MEASURE OF ANGLES. DEFINITIONS. 119. A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the center ; as the figure ADB E. 120. The Circumference or periphery of a circle is its entire bounding... | |
| Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1874 - 302 pages
...square, and that of the less 12 inches ? • THE SPHERE. 929. A Sphere is a body bounded by a uniformly curved surface, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the center. 930. The Diameter of a sphere is a straight line passing through the center of the sphere,... | |
| Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1874 - 526 pages
...feet and at the other 3 feet? THE SPHERE. Í >ui>. A Sphere is a body bounded by a uniformly carved surface, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the center. 930. The Diameter of a sphere is a straight line passing through the center of the sphere,... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - Geometry - 1874 - 206 pages
...CIRCLE, AND THE MEASURE OF ANGLES. DEFINITIONS. 119. A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the center ; as the figure AD BE. 120. The Circumference or periphery of a circle is its entire bounding... | |
| Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1874 - 540 pages
...of the less 12 inches? THE SPHERE. 929. A Sphere is a body bounded by a uniformly curved sup face, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the center. 930. The Diameter of a sphere is a straight line passing through the center of the sphere,... | |
| Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1875 - 486 pages
...parallel to the base. THE SPHERE. 772. A Sphere is a body bounded by a uniformly curved sur-. face, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the center. 773. The Diameter of a sphere is a straight line passing through the center of the sphere,... | |
| Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1875 - 216 pages
...many years in 365 days ? CIRCULAR MEASURE. 169. A Circle is a plane figure, bounded by a curved line, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the cen- OOU-AJ i» IEIW ter. 170. The Circumference of a circle is its entire bounding line. 171.... | |
| Ellen Eliza Fitz - Globes - 1876 - 138 pages
...right diedral angle. An oblique diedral angle. 12. A solid has length, breadth, and thickness. 13. A sphere is a solid terminated by a curved surface,...equally distant from a point within, called the centre. A sphere may be formed or generated by the revolution of a semicircle about its diameter. 14. The radius... | |
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