 | James McCosh - Intuition - 1874 - 484 pages
...any length in a straight line ;" " There may be such a figure as a circle, that is, a plane figure such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure are equal to one another ;" and that " A circle may be described from any centre at any distance... | |
 | Henry Lewis (M.A.) - Measurement - 1875 - 104 pages
...7-6942 11 Undecagon. J -7028 9-3656 12 Duodecagou. 1-866 11-1962 A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that all straight lines drawn from its centre to the circumference are equal to one another. The straight line drawn from the centre of... | |
 | George Elliot Voyle, G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson - English language - 1876 - 676 pages
...up. Chuttack — An Indian weight, the sixteenth part of a seer. Circle — A plane figure, contained by one line which is called the circumference, and...straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference are equal to one another. This point is called the centre of the circle.... | |
 | Robert Potts - Geometry - 1876 - 446 pages
...figure is that which is enclosed TiV one or more boundaries. XV. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and...straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. XVL And this point i* called the center of the... | |
 | Edward Atkins - 1876 - 130 pages
...which is enclosed by one or moro boundaries. 15. A circle is a plane figure contained by one lincj which is called the circumference, and is such, that...straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to tho circumference are equal to one another. 16. And this point is called the centre of the... | |
 | Francis Cuthbertson (geometer.) - 1876 - 102 pages
...triangles are then said to be equal in all respects. A circle is a plane figure bounded by one line, called the circumference, and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference are equal. That point is called the centre, and those straight lines are... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - Electronic journals - 1876 - 558 pages
...bad as the common school-boy definition : " a circle is a plain figure bounded by one straight line, and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point in its centre to the circumference are equal ; " but it is not what we should expect in a text-book... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - Electronic journals - 1876 - 924 pages
...bad as the common school-boy definition : " a circle is a plain figure bounded by one straight line, and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point in its centre to the circumference are equal ; " but it is not what we should expect in a text-book... | |
 | Isaac Todhunter - 1877 - 442 pages
...parallelogram with all its angles right angles. 18. A square is a rectangle with all its sides equal. 19. A circle is a plane figure bounded by one line which...straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference are equal to one another : this point is called the centre of the circle.... | |
 | Edward Atkins - 1877 - 72 pages
...figure is that which is enclosed by one or more boundaries. 15. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and...straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference are equal to one another. 16. And this point is called the centre of the... | |
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A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such, that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference are equal to one another. 
