| Sophia S. Cornell - Geography - 1861 - 414 pages
...Circle.—A Circle is a plane figure bounded by one continuous line, called its circumference ; all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre of the circle. Thus, in the adjoining figure, if the points A, D, E, and B are equally distant from... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - Geometry - 1862 - 518 pages
...THE SPHEKE, AND ITS PR0PERTIES. DEFINITIONS. 497. A SPHERE is a solid, or volume, bounded by a curved surface, all points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the centre. The sphere may be conceived to be formed by the revolution of a semicircle, DAE, about its diameter,... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - Geometry - 1862 - 532 pages
...THE SPHERE, AND ITS PROPERTIES. DEFINITIONS. 497. A SPHERE is a solid, or volume, bounded by a curved surface, all points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the centre. The sphere may be conceived to be formed by the revolution of a semicircle, DAE, about its diameter,... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - Geometry - 1861 - 638 pages
...153. 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... | |
| James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1862 - 436 pages
...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... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - Geometry - 1863 - 504 pages
...THE SPHERE, AND ITS PROPERTIES. DEFINITIONS. 497. A SPHERE is a solid, or volume, bounded by a curved surface, all points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the center. The sphere may be conceived to be formed by tho revolution of a semicircle, DAE, about... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - Geometry - 1863 - 502 pages
...THE SPHERE, AND ITS PROPERTIES. DEFINITIONS. 497. A SPHERE is a solid, or volume, bounded by a curved surface, all points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the center. The sphere may be conceived to be formed by the revolution of a semicircle, DAE, about... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - Geometry - 1866 - 328 pages
...THE SPHEEE, AND ITS PKOPERTTES. DEFINITIONS. 497. A SPHERE is a solid, or volume, bounded by a curved surface, all points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the centre. The sphere may be conceived to be formed by the revolution of a semicircle, DAE, about its diameter,... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - Geometry - 1868 - 340 pages
...THE SPHERE, AND ITS PR0PERTIES. DEFINITIONS. 497. A SPHERE is a solid, or volume, bounded by a curved surface, all points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the centre. The sphere may be conceived to be formed by the revolution of a semicircle, DAE, about its diameter,... | |
| Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1869 - 332 pages
...feet are there in it ? Ans. 61.228-)- cu. ft. SPHERES. 428. A Sphere is a volume bounded by a curved surface, all points of which are equally distant from a point within called the center. 429. The RADIUS of a sphere is a straight line drawn from the center to any point in the... | |
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