 | Stoddard A. Felter - Arithmetic - 1864 - 430 pages
...frustum of a pyramid. Fig. 22 represents the frustum of a cone. 356. A Sphere is a solid, bounded by a convex surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre ; as, Fig. 23. 357. A Spheroid, is a solid, generated by the revolution of an ellipse... | |
 | Thomas Baker (C.E.) - 1865 - 174 pages
...being triangular, or square, or hexagonal, &c. 7. A cone is a round pyramid, having a circular base. 8. A sphere is a solid bounded by one continued convex...point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. — The sphere maybe conceived to be formed by the revolution of a semicircle about... | |
 | Stoddard A. Felter - Arithmetic - 1868 - 360 pages
...perpendicular to AB at its centre is called the minor diameter. 313. A Sphere is a solid, bounded by a convex surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre; as Fig. 22. 3 14. A Spheroid is a solid, generated by the revolution of an ellipse... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1888 - 480 pages
...respectively, and whose altitude is 9 feet ? Ans, SFHE! R El S . A Sphere, or Globe is a solid, bounded by a convex surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within 'called the center. TJie Diameter of a sphere is a line passing through its centre and terminating... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1868 - 428 pages
...whose altitude is 9 feet? Ans. 183 cu.ft. SPHERES. 514. A Sphere, or Globe is a solid, bounded by a convex surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center. The Diameter of a sphere is a line passing through its centre and terminating in... | |
 | Philip Thomas Main - Astronomy - 1868 - 224 pages
...definitions and prove a few propositions relating to the geometry of the sphere. DBF. A sphere is a surface every point of which is equally distant from a point within it called the centre. It follows at once that every plane section of a sphere through the centre is... | |
 | Wilshire S. Courtney - Agriculture - 1869 - 532 pages
...diameter perpendicular to AB at its centre is called the minor diameter. A Sphere is a solid, bounded by a convex surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre ; as, Fig. 22. A Spheroid is a solid, generated by the revolution of an ellipse about... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1871 - 350 pages
...another cellar of the same size, having the length, width, and depth equal? Ans. 13.9 2-)- feet. 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 center. The Diameter of a sphere is... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - Arithmetic - 1872 - 350 pages
...it cost, at 20c. a cubic foot? Ans. $8.48. 537. SPHERES. — A Sphere is a body bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. RULES. — I. To find the surface of a sphere, multiply the square of the diameter... | |
 | Charles Davies - Geometry - 1872 - 464 pages
...of the cone, along lines which are called elements of cotUact. 12. A SPHERE is a volume bounded by a surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre. A sphere may be generated by a semicircle revolving about its diameter as an axis.... | |
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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. 
