 | Euclides - 1838 - 264 pages
...enclosed by one or more boundaries. XII. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that all straight...drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circum ference, are equal to one another. XIII. And this point is called the centre of the circle,.... | |
 | 1838 - 596 pages
...follows? — ' A circle * is defined by Euclid to be " a plane figure contained by one ' line, which is called the circumference, and is such that all straight...drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circum' ference, are equal to one another." How does it appear that ' any line can have such a character?... | |
 | Euclides - 1841 - 378 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... | |
 | John Playfair - Euclid's Elements - 1842 - 332 pages
...the line or lines which bound it.m 1 1 . 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 . 12. And this point is called the centre of the circle. 13. A diameter of a circle is a straight line... | |
 | Euclides - 1842 - 320 pages
...is inclosed 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. XVL This point is called the centre of the circle. XVII, A diameter of a circle is a straight line... | |
 | T H. Howe - 1842 - 462 pages
...lie altogether in that surface or plane. FA 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. c That point within the circle which is thus equally distant from the circumference, is called the... | |
 | William Pease - Geometry - 1843 - 80 pages
...either superficial or solid content. 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. A circle is the superficies or space enclosed... | |
 | Euclides - 1845 - 544 pages
...inclosed 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... | |
 | Euclid - Geometry - 1845 - 218 pages
...inclosed 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... | |
 | Euclid, James Thomson - Geometry - 1845 - 380 pages
...circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference* and is such that R all straight lines drawn from a certain point within...figure to the circumference are equal to one another.* 31. That point is called the centre of the circle. 32. Any straight line drawn from the centre of a... | |
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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. 
