 | Jeremiah Day - Measurement - 1831 - 520 pages
...any portion of the circumference. A semi-circle is half, and a quadrant one fourth, of a circle. II. A Diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the center, and terminated both ways by the' circumference. A Radius is a straight line extending from... | |
 | John Playfair - Euclid's Elements - 1832 - 358 pages
...to one another. XII. And this point is called the centre of the circle. XIII. Adiameter of acircle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated...is the figure contained by a diameter and the part the circumference cut off by the diameter. XV. Rectilineal figures are those which are contained by... | |
 | Tobias Ostrander - Measurement - 1833 - 172 pages
...of that circumference. A semicircle is half, and a quadrant is a quarter of a circle. The diameter is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference. PROBLEM I. To find the circumference of a circle, the diameter being given. Rule—Multiply the diameter... | |
 | Thomas Perronet Thompson - Euclid's Elements - 1833 - 168 pages
...Any straight line drawn from the centre of a sphere to the surface, is called a radius of the sphere. A straight line drawn through the centre and terminated both ways by the surface, is called a diameter of the sphere. COB. A straight line may be described or made to pass... | |
 | Euclid - Euclid's Elements - 1833 - 216 pages
...6. And this point is called the centre of the circle. See N. 17. A diameter of a circle is a right line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference. 18. A radius of a circle is a right line drawn from the centre to the circumference. 19. A semicircle... | |
 | Tobias Ostrander - Measurement - 1834 - 182 pages
...of that circumference. A semicircle is half, and a quadrant is a quarter of a circle. The diameter is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference. PROBLEM I. To find the circumference of a circle, the diameter being given. Rule — Multiply the diameter... | |
 | John Playfair - Euclid's Elements - 1835 - 336 pages
...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 drawn through...centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference. 14. A semicircle is the figure contained by a diameter and the part of the circumference cut off by... | |
 | Euclid - 1835 - 540 pages
...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 drawn through...centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference. XVIII. A semicircle is the figure contained by a diameter and the part of the circumference cut off... | |
 | Mathematics - 1836 - 488 pages
...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 drawn through...centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference. 14. A semicircle is the figure contained by a diameter and the part of the circumference cut off by... | |
 | John Gummere - 1836 - 412 pages
...radius of a circle is a straight line drawn from the cemxe to the circumference, as CB, Fig. 17. 36. The diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, &qd terminated both ways by the circumference, as AE, Fig. 17. It divides the circle into two equal... | |
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A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference. 
