 | William Grier - Mechanical engineering - 1836 - 384 pages
...Lines are either Right, or Curved, or mixed of these two. 6. A Right Line, or Straight Line, lies all in the same direction, between its extremities; and is the shortest distance between two points. When a line is mentioned simply, it means a Right Line. 7. A Curve continually changes its direction... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1841 - 334 pages
...thickness. 5. Lines are either right or curved, or mixed of these two. 6. A right or straight line, lies all in the same direction between its eXtremities, and is the shortest distance between two points. When a line is mentioned simply, it means a right line. 2 5} 2 5| 18i 2 5 3 1} 1 74 9 1 73 3 49 1 1... | |
 | William Grier - Mechanical engineering - 1842 - 320 pages
...Lines are either Right, or Curved, or mixed of these two. 6. A Right Line, or Straight Line, lies all in the same direction, between its extremities ; and is the shortest distance between two points. When aline is mentioned simply, it means a Right Line. 7. A Curve continually changes its direction... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1844 - 352 pages
...thickness. 5. Lines are either right or curved, or mixed of these two. 6. A right or straight line, lies all in the same direction between its extremities, and is the shortest distance between two points. When a line is mentionsimply, it means a right line. 2 5i 2 5} 18* 2 5 1 74 9 1 73 3 49 1 1 71 7 1... | |
 | Peter Nicholson, Joseph Gwilt - Architectural drawing Technique - 1848 - 750 pages
...has neither parts nor magnitude. 3. A line is length, without breadth or thickness. 4. A superficies has length and breadth only. 5. A solid is a figure...parallel, oblique, perpendicular, or tangential. 10. Parallel lines are always at the same distance, and will never meet though ever so far produced. PLATE... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1850 - 368 pages
...thickness. 5. Lines are either right or curved, or mixed of these two. 6. A right or straight line lies all in the same direction between its extremities, and is the shortest distance between two points. When a tioned simply, it means a right line. line is men7. A curve continually changes its direction... | |
 | Edward Shaw - Architecture - 1852 - 426 pages
...of surfaces, and points the extremities of lines. 6. Lines are either right, curved, or mixed, as E. 7. A right or straight line lies in the same direction...between two points. 8. A curve continually changes its directions between its extreme points, as F. 9. Lines are either parallel, oblique, perpendicular,... | |
 | Lucius D. Gould - Carpentry - 1853 - 234 pages
...thickness. 6. Lines are either right or curved, Figs. 7 and 8. 6. A right line, or straight line, lies all in the same direction between its extremities, and is the shortest distance between two points, Fig. 1. 7. A curve continually changes its direction between its extreme points, Fig. 7. 8. Lines are... | |
 | Anthony Nesbit - Measurement - 1859 - 494 pages
...thickness. 3. Lines are either right, curved, or parallel. 4. A right or straight line lies wholly in the same direction between its extremities, and is the shortest distance between two points. 5. A curved line continually changes its direction between its extremities. 6. Parallel lines always... | |
 | William Grier - Mechanical engineering - 1861 - 316 pages
...Lines are either Right, or Curved, or mixed of these two. 6. A Right Line, or Straight Line, lies all in the same direction, between its extremities ; and is the shortest distance between two points. When aline is mentioned simply, it means a Right Lin* 7. A Curve continually changes its direction... | |
| |
Line, or Straight Line, lies all in the same direction between its extremities, and is the shortest distance between two points. 
