 | Charles Davies - Trigonometry - 1849 - 372 pages
...BOOK III. THE CIRCLE, AND THE MEASUREMENT OF ANGLES. Definitions. 1. The circumference of a circle is a curved line, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the centre. The circle is Ihe space terminated by this curved line.* 2. Every... | |
 | Almon Ticknor - Measurement - 1849 - 156 pages
...B and C. SECTION 4. — THE CIRCLE AND MEASUREMENT or ANGLES. 27. The circumference of a circle is a curved line, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the centre. Every straight line, CA, CE, ,CD, drawn from the centre to the circumference... | |
 | Charles Davies - Logic - 1850 - 400 pages
...the number of sides, viz. Pentagons, Hexagons, Heptagons, &c. § 244. A portion of a plane bounded by a curved line, all the points of which are equally distant from a certain point within called the centre, is called a circle, and the bounding line is called the circumference.... | |
 | George Roberts Perkins - Geometry - 1856 - 460 pages
...CIRCLE, AND ITS COMBINATION WITH THE STRAIGHT LINE. DEFINITIONS. I. The circumference of a circle is a curved line, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre. The circle is the space bounded by the circumference. II. Any straight... | |
 | Arnold H. Deichmann - Great-circle sailing - 1857 - 120 pages
...EARTH AND THE RHUMB LINE IN GENERAL. The sphere. 1. A. Sphere is a solid bounded 'by one curved surface all the points of which are equally distant from an interior point, which is called the centre of the sphere; it is formed by the revolution of a semicircle about its... | |
 | Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox - Rifle practice - 1859 - 308 pages
...supposition. CHAPTER IV. TUB CIRCLE AND THE MEASURING OF ANGLES. "WK give the name of circumference to a curved line, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the centre. ,, The part of the surface contained in the circumference is called... | |
 | George Roberts Perkins - Geometry - 1860 - 472 pages
...CIRCLE, AND ITS COMBINATION WITH THE STRAIGHT LINE. DEF1NIT1ONS. I. The circumference of a circle is a curved line, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centrs. The circle is the space bounded by the circumference. II. Any straight... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Geometry - 1862 - 518 pages
...III. THE CIRCLE, AND THE MEASURE 0F ANGLES. DEFINITIONS. 152. A CIRCLE is a plane fig-are bounded by a curved line, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre; as the figure ADB B. 153. The CIRCUMFERENCE or PERIPHERY of a circle... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Geometry - 1862 - 532 pages
...III. THE CIRCLE, AND THE MEASURE OF ANGLES. DEFINITIONS. 152. A CIRCLE is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre; as the figure ADB E. 153. The CIRCUMFERENCE or PERIPHERY of a circle... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Geometry - 1866 - 328 pages
...III. THE CIRCLE, AND THE MEASURE OF ANGLES. DEFINITIONS. 152. A CIRCLE is a plane fig-are bounded by a curved line, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre; as the figure ADB E. 153. The CIRCUMFERENCE or PERIPHERY of a circle... | |
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A CIRCLE is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre; as the figure ADB E. 
