| John Gummere - Surveying - 1817 - 384 pages
...from the centre to the circumference, as С В, Fig. 17. 35. The diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference, as AE, Fig. 17. It divides the circle into two equal parts, called semicircles. 36. A quadrant is one... | |
| John Playfair - 1819 - 354 pages
...another. And this point is called the centre of the circle. XIII. A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre , and terminated both ways by the circumference. XIV. A semicircle is the figure contained by a diameter-aad thfijjart of tke circumference cut off... | |
| Matthew Iley - 1820 - 512 pages
...circumference, is equidistant from every part of the curve ; as C. 13. The diameter of a circle is a line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference ; as AB. 14. The radius of a circle is half the diameter ; as BC. 15. Any part of the circumference... | |
| Euclid - 1822 - 222 pages
...another. 16., And this point is called the centre of the circle. 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 front the centre to the circumference. 19. A semicircle... | |
| Robertson Buchanan - Machinery - 1823 - 440 pages
...radii is used, when more than one such line is spoken of. 58. The diameter of a circle, is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference. 59- The arc of a circle is any part of its circumference. 60. A chord of an arc, is a straight line... | |
| Jeremiah Day - Geometry - 1824 - 440 pages
...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 centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference/ A Ifatlius is a straight line extending from the centre to the circumference. A Chord is a straight line... | |
| Peter Nicholson - Mathematics - 1825 - 1046 pages
...\ / 16. And this point is called the centre of the circle. 17- A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference. 1 8. A semicircle is the figure contained by a diameter and the part of a circumference cut off by... | |
| Euclid - 1826 - 234 pages
...16. And this point is called the centre of the circle. 17. A diameter of a circle is a certain right line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference of the circle, and divides the circle into two equal parts. 18. A semicircle is the figure contained... | |
| George Lees - 1826 - 276 pages
...end of that line its circumference. ELEMENTS Book I. XIV.— The diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference. Cor. All radii of the same circle are equal to each other, and to a semi-diameter. XV. — A semicircle... | |
| Euclides - 1826 - 226 pages
...16. And this point is called the centre of the circle. 17. A diameter of a circle is a certain right line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference of the circle, and divides the circle into two equal parts. 18. A semicircle is the figure contained... | |
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