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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. "
The Elements of geometry; or, The first six books, with the eleventh and ... - Page 3
by Euclides - 1855
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Appletons' Cyclopædia of Drawing: Designed as a Text-book for the Mechanic ...

William Ezra Worthen - Architectural drawing - 1857 - 650 pages
...are examples, annexed to which are their respective designations. A circle is a plane figure contamed by one line, which is called the circumference, and...figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. And this point is called the centre of the circle. The term circle is very generally used for the circumference,...
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APPLETONS' CYCLOPAEDIA OF DRAWING

W.E. WORTHEN - 1857 - 600 pages
...designations. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the tircwnference, and is such that all straight lines, drawn from a...figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. And this point is called the centre of the circle. The term circle is very generally used for the circumference,...
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Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms Used in Architecture: Civil, Architecture ...

John Weale - Architecture - 1859 - 622 pages
...circles, measuring distances, and taking the thickness of solids. Circle, a plain figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and...within the figure to the circumference are equal to one anCHU CIRCULAR. С Г- А other, and this point is called the centre of the circle. The circumference...
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Gradations in Euclid : books i. and ii., with an explanatory preface [&c ...

Euclides - 1858 - 248 pages
...equals the square of half the line. Def. 15 and 16. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line called the circumference, and is such that all straight...figure to the circumference are equal to one another. And this point is called the centre of the circle. 47. I. The square of the hypotenuse, &c. Ax. 3....
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Euclid's Elements of Geometry: Chiefly from the Text of Dr. Simson, with ...

Robert Potts - Geometry, Plane - 1860 - 380 pages
...figure is that which is enclosed by one or more boundaries. XV. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and...figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. XVI. And this point is called the center of the circle. xvn. A diameter of a circle is a straight line...
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The quadrature of the circle: correspondence between an eminent ...

James Smith - Circle-squaring - 1861 - 292 pages
...imagine," is a plane figure, enclosed by one line, which is called the circumference of the circle, it is such, that all straight lines drawn from a certain...figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. This point within the figure is called the centre of the circle. A straight line drawn through the...
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Euclid's plane geometry, books iii.-vi., practically applied; or, Gradations ...

Euclides - 1861 - 464 pages
...is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that all st. lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. Ax. 1. Things which are equal to the same thing, are equal to one another. Def. 7, IV. A st. line is...
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Euclid's Elements of geometry, books i. ii. iii. iv

Euclides - 1862 - 140 pages
...figure is that which is inclosed by one or more boundaries. 15. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and...figure to the circumference are equal to one another. 16. And this point is called the centre of the circle. 17. A diameter of a circle is a straight line...
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Artis logicæ rudimenta, from the text of Aldrich, with notes, by H.L. Mansel

Henry Aldrich - 1862 - 380 pages
...by a direct appeal to the intuition. So also the definition, that " a circle is a figure contained by one line which is called the circumference, and...figure to the circumference are equal to one another," involves the assumption that a line so drawn as to be always equally distant from a given point will...
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The elements of plane geometry; or, The first six books of Euclid, ed. by W ...

Euclides - 1863 - 122 pages
...figure is that which is enclosed by one or more boundaries. XV. A circle is a piano figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and...figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. XVI. And this point is called the centre of the circle. XVII. A diameter of a circle is a straight...
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