 | John Brocklesby - Astronomy - 1855 - 394 pages
...centrum centre, (Latin) out of the centre. 19. A SPHERE. 'A sphere is a solid, bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre; every line passing through this centre, and limited by the surface, is a diameter.... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1857 - 328 pages
...at the top, called the vertex of the pyramid. 7. A cone is a round pyramid, having a circular base. 8. A sphere is a solid, bounded by one continued convex surface, every point of wliich is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. The sphere may be conceived to be... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - 1857 - 342 pages
...at the top, called the vertex of the pyramid. 7. A cone is a round pyramid, having a circular base. 8. A sphere is a solid, bounded by one continued convex surface, every point 01 which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. The sphere may be conceived to... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1857 - 336 pages
...another cellar of the same size, having the length, width, and depth equal? Ans. 13.92+ feet. ART. 298. 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - 1859 - 338 pages
...at the top, called the vertex of the pyramid. 7. A cone is a round pyramid, having a circular base. 8. A sphere is a solid, bounded by one continued convex surface, every point 01 which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. The sphere may be conceived to... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1861 - 338 pages
...larger end 12 inches, and at the smaller end 6 inches ? Ans. 9.162-J- feet. THK SPIIERE. ART. 362. 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 axis or diameter of a... | |
 | Sophia S. Cornell - Geography - 1861 - 414 pages
...the magnitude of the radius. Definition of a Sphere.—A Sphere is a tody hounded hy 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... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1863 - 350 pages
...3 feet? J. • -, Ant. 5277.888cu. ft. THE SPHERE. X 503. A Sphere is a volume bounded by a curved surface, every point of which, is equally distant from a point within called the centre. 504. The diameter of a sphere is a line passing through its centre and ending in... | |
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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. 
