 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 722 pages
...inclosed by one qr more boundaries. 15. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line., which is railed the circumference, and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certiiu point within the figure to the circumference, агч equal to one another. 16. And this point... | |
 | Euclides - 1814 - 558 pages
...inclosed by one or more boundaries. XV. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, winch is called the circumference, and is such that all straight...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... | |
 | Charles Butler - Mathematics - 1814 - 528 pages
...figures as are contained by more than one line, as the triangle, square, polygon, &c. are excluded; "and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure" (called in the next following definition " the centre") to the circumference, are equal to one another... | |
 | Daniel Cresswell - Geometry - 1816 - 294 pages
...OF A SPHERE AND A PLANE. DEFINITIONS. ART. 1. A- Sphere is a solid 'figure contained by one surface, and is such that all straight lines, drawn from a certain point within the figure to the surface, are equal to one another : (2.) And this point is called the Center of the Sphere. (3.) A... | |
 | Thomas Keith - 1817 - 304 pages
...and on the contrary, the nearer yo"u brini them together, the less the opening or angle will be. 10. A Circle is a plane figure contained by one line called the circumference, which is every where equally distant from a point within it, called the centre, as c : and an arc of... | |
 | Euclid, John Playfair - Circle-squaring - 1819 - 348 pages
...of the line or lines which bound it. XI. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that all straight...figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. XII. And this point is called the centre of the circle. XIII. A diameter of a circle is a straight... | |
 | William Hawney - Geometry - 1820 - 312 pages
...and on the contrary, the nearer you bring them together the less the oponing or angle will be. 10. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line called the circumference, which is every where equally distant from a point within it, called the centre, as C : And an arch... | |
 | Euclid - 1822 - 179 pages
...a plane figure bounded by one line,, which is called the circumference, and is such that all right 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 circle. 17.. A diameter of a circle is a right line-... | |
 | George Crabb - Industrial arts - 1823 - 732 pages
...each to each. ' 'unilinear Figures. Of curvilinear figures the most important is the circle. Circle. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, called the circumference or periphery, as BAD, fig. 20, which is at an equal distance from a certain point, called the centre,... | |
 | Robert Simson - Trigonometry - 1827 - 513 pages
...enclosed by one or more boundaries. XV. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that all straight...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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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. 
