 | Charles Davies, William Guy Peck - Electronic book - 1855 - 592 pages
...lines cannot include a space. A circle is a portion of a plane bounded by a curved line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. 1 The curve is called the circumference, or in common language, the circle. So that in speaking of... | |
 | John Brocklesby - Astronomy - 1855 - 394 pages
...(Latin) out of the centre. 19. A SPHERE. 'A sphere is a solid, bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre; every line passing through this centre, and limited by the surface, is a diameter. The half of this... | |
 | Dana Pond Colburn - Arithmetic - 1856 - 392 pages
...had gone in a straight line all the way ? 23O. Solids. (a.) A. SPHERE is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every part of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. (6.) A line drawn from the centre to the surface is called a KAWIIJS, and a line drawn from any point... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1856 - 312 pages
...DECAGON ; that of twelve, a DODECAGON, &c. A CIRCLE is a plane, terminated by a curved line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. The curved line is called the circumference. The DIAMETER of a circle is a line passing through the centre,... | |
 | Hiram Mattison - Astronomy - 1856 - 254 pages
...A i 1 1:1 • c. i;. 18. ClBCLES AND ELLIPSES. A Circle is a plane figure, bounded by a curve line, every part of which is equally distant from a point within called the center. Concentric Circles are such as are drawn around a common center. The Circumference of a... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1857 - 336 pages
...larger end 12 inches, and at the smaller end 6 inches? " Ans. 9.162-)- feet. THE SPHERE. AKT. 362. A SPHERE is a solid, bounded by one continued convex...distant from a point within, called the centre. The axis or diameter of a sphere is a line passing through the centre, and terminated by the surface. QUESTIONS.... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1857 - 452 pages
...acres 1 rood 28 rods 24 yards 6.347 feet. CIRCLES. 627. A circle is a plane figure bounded by a line, every part of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre ; as AEFGBD. The circumference or periphery of a circle is the line bounds it. A radius is a line drawn... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1857 - 328 pages
...the top, called the vertex of the pyramid. 7. A cone is a round pyramid, having a circular base. 8. A sphere is a solid, bounded by one continued convex surface, every point of wliich is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. The sphere may be conceived... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - 1857 - 342 pages
...the top, called the vertex of the pyramid. 7. A cone is a round pyramid, having a circular base. 8. A sphere is a solid, bounded by one continued convex surface, every point 01 which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. The sphere may be conceived... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1858 - 472 pages
...inches? Ans. 73 J cu. ft., nearly. SPHERES, SPHEROIDS, &c. 660> A sphere is a solid, bounded by a curved surface, every part of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. The axis or diameter of a sphere is a line passing through the centre, and terminated by the surface ;... | |
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SPHERE is a solid bounded by one continued convex surface, every part of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. 
