 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1858 - 472 pages
...ft., nearly. SPHERES, SPHEROIDS, &c. 660> A sphere is a solid, bounded by a curved surface, every part of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. The axis or diameter of a sphere is a line passing through the centre, and terminated by the surface... | |
 | Dana Pond Colburn - 1858 - 288 pages
...the top of the spire ? 143. Solids. (a.) A SPHERE is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every part of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. (Fig. 1, p. 240.) (b.) A line drawn from the centre of a circle to the surface is called a RADIUS,... | |
 | Elias Loomis - Calculus - 1859 - 320 pages
...become x=r cos. v, y=r sin. v. SECTION IT. ON THE CIRCLE. (32.) A CIRCLE is a plane figure bounded by a line, every point of which is equally distant from a' point within called the center. This bounding line is called the circumference of the circle. A radius of a circle is a... | |
 | Anthony Nesbit - Measurement - 1859 - 494 pages
...axis or diameter of the sphere ; or it is a solid bounded by one continued convex surface, every part of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. . 14. The segment of a sphere is any part of it cut ofF by a plane. If the plane pass through the centre,... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - Physics - 1860 - 468 pages
...one that changes its direction at every point; as, G H. 4. A Circle is a figure bounded by a curve, every point. of which is equally distant from a point within, called the Centre. Fig. 16 represents a circle, and E its centre. 5. The Circumference of a circle U the curve that bounds... | |
 | John Williams (of Lancaster, O.) - English language - 1860 - 410 pages
...Of Curvilinear Figures. A CIRCLE is a plain figure bounded by a curve line called the circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center. An ELLIPSE has the form of a flattened circle, and may be formed / by passing • a plane... | |
 | Dana Pond Colburn - Arithmetic - 1860 - 388 pages
...straight line all the way ? 23O. Solids. (a.) A SPHERE is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every part of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. (6.) A line drawn from the centre to the surface is called a RADIUS, and a line drawn from any point... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1861 - 496 pages
...perpendicular distance between them 52 chains ? Circle. 411. A CIRCLE is a portion of a plane bounded by a curved line, every point of which is equally distant from a certain point within, called the center The curved line AEBD is called the circumference; the point... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1861 - 338 pages
...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 sphere is a line passing through the centre, and terminated by the surface.... | |
 | Alfred Newsom Niblett - 1861 - 204 pages
...axis or diameter of the sphere ; or it is a solid bounded by one continued convex surface, every part of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. EULE. Multiply the cube of the diameter by '5936, or the cube of the circumference by -016867, and... | |
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A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center. 
