 | Euclid, Robert Simson - Geometry - 1829 - 516 pages
...figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that all straight lihes drawn from a certain point within' the figure to the circumference, are equal to one another : XVI. Andthis point is called the centre of the circle, XVII. A diameter of a circle is a straight... | |
 | Pierce Morton - Geometry - 1830 - 584 pages
...circle is a plane / N. figure contained by one / \ line, which is called the circumference, and is each that all straight lines drawn from a certain point...figure to the circumference are equal to one another. This point is called the centre of the circle ; and the distance from the centre to the circumference... | |
 | Euclid - Euclid's Elements - 1833 - 183 pages
...is 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. 1 6. And this point is called the centre of the circle. See N. 17. A diameter of a circle is a right... | |
 | Ireland commissioners of nat. educ - 1834 - 370 pages
...points recede from each other, the vertical point remaining fixed, as before, the greater th;angle. 10. A Circle is a plane figure contained by one line called the circumference, which A/ is every where equally distant from a point within it, called its centre ; as ó : and an... | |
 | Euclid - 1835 - 540 pages
...contained by one line, which Book I. is called the circumference, and is such that all straight vpr"-' lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference are equal to one another. XVI. And this point is calledihe centre of the circle. XVII. A diameter of a circle is a straight line... | |
 | Mathematics - 1835 - 684 pages
...the whole parallelogram А В С D. 24. 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 cer- " tain point within the figure to the circumference are equal to one another. This point is called... | |
 | Mathematics - 1836 - 472 pages
...of the line or lines which bound it. 11. A circle is a plain 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. 12. And this point is called the centre of the circle. 13. A diameter of a circle is a straight line... | |
 | Andrew Bell - Euclid's Elements - 1837 - 240 pages
...it is compared, is called its area, 14. 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. 15. This point is called the centre of the circle. 16. A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn... | |
 | John Playfair - Geometry - 1837 - 332 pages
...of the line or lines which bound it. 11. 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 certaia point within the figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. 12. And this point... | |
 | Commissioners of National Education in Ireland - Measurement - 1837 - 262 pages
...points recede from each other, the vertical point remaining fixed, as before, the greater the angle. 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 its centre, as o : and an arc of... | |
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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. 
