 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic (Commercial), 1861 - 1861 - 348 pages
...smaller end 6 inches ? Ans. 9f cu. ft. nearly. SPHERES. ART. 181. A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the center. The diameter or axis of a sphere is a line passing through the center, and terminated each... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1862 - 436 pages
...the diameter by 3.14159. (Leg. V. 11. Sch.) Note. — The circumference of a circle is a curve line, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the centre. The diameter cfa circle is a straight line which passes through the centre, and is terminated on Doth sides... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Geometry - 1862 - 532 pages
...CIRCLE, AND THE MEASURE OF ANGLES. DEFINITIONS. 152. 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 centre; as the figure ADB E. 153. The CIRCUMFERENCE or PERIPHERY of a circle is its entire bounding line ;... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Geometry - 1862 - 518 pages
...AND THE MEASURE 0F ANGLES. DEFINITIONS. 152. A CIRCLE is a plane fig-are bounded by a curved line, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre; as the figure ADB B. 153. The CIRCUMFERENCE or PERIPHERY of a circle is its. entire bounding line ;... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Geometry - 1861 - 638 pages
...The CIRCUMFERENCE or PERIPHERY of a circle is its entire bounding line ; or it is a curved line, all points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre. 154. A RADIUS of a circle is any straight line drawn from the centre to the circumference ; as the... | |
 | William Thomas Read - 1862 - 144 pages
...circles, having been given in Part I., Chapter 19, it is sufficient here to state that : — 1 . A sphere may be conceived to be generated by the revolution of a semicircle about its diameter. 2. The pole of a circle is a point on the surface of the sphere, 90° distant from... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - Physics - 1862 - 468 pages
...Square is a rectangle whose sides are equal; r ' 22. A Sphere ia a solid bounded by a curved surface, IJ all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called L s. the centre; as, ABCD, Fig. 24. 23. The Axis of a sphere is a straight line passing through its... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - Physics - 1863 - 474 pages
...sides are equal ; , , HG as>IJKL,Fig.23. i 1 22. A Sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, [ j all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called i, K the centre ; as, AB CD, Fig. 24. 23. The Axis of a sphere is a straight line passing through its... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Geometry - 1863 - 502 pages
...CIRCLE, AND THE MEASURE OF ANGLES. DEFINITIONS. 152. 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. 153. The CIRCUMFERENCE or PERIPHERY of a circle is its entire bounding... | |
 | William Thomas Read - 1864 - 10 pages
...Sec A ' 1 1 SiuA Cosec A SPHERICAL TRIGONOMETRY. i_ . • '"i - . "• • j ' . i (1) Definitions. A sphere may be conceived to be generated by the revolution of a semicircle about its diametel which remains statiouary: or a solid body, the diameters of which are all equal.... | |
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THE sphere is a solid terminated by a curve surface, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the centre. 
