 | Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Sophia M'Ilvaine Bledsoe Herrick - Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) - 1867 - 1204 pages
...perimeter of the polygon.'* But, on the contrary, 'A circle is a plane figure, bounded by a curved line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre.'^ Now, here, as in all other works on Geometry, the polygon and the circle are defined as separate and... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Geometry - 1868 - 284 pages
...a cone; and a frustum of a pyramid may be inscribed in the frustum of a cone. 7. ASpHEREisa volume bounded by a curved surface, every point of which...equally distant from a point within, called the centre. The distance from the centre to the circumference is called the radius. The diameter is a line passing... | |
 | Stoddard A. Felter - Arithmetic - 1868 - 360 pages
...perpendicular to AB at its centre is called the minor diameter. 313. A Sphere is a solid, bounded by a convex surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre; as Fig. 22. 3 14. A Spheroid is a solid, generated by the revolution of an ellipse about one of its... | |
 | Henry Kiddle - Astronomy - 1868 - 300 pages
...bounded by lines is called a PLANE FIGURE. Pig. i. 10. A CIRCLE is a plane figure bounded by a curve line every point of which is equally distant from, a point within, called the centre. 11. The curve line that bounds a circle is called the CIRCUMFERENCE. 12. The DIAMETER of a circle is... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1868 - 428 pages
...altitude is 9 feet? Ans. 183 cu.ft. SPHERES. 514. A Sphere, or Globe is a solid, bounded by a convex surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center. The Diameter of a sphere is a line passing through its centre and terminating in its surface.... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1888 - 480 pages
...and whose altitude is 9 feet ? Ans, SFHE! R El S . A Sphere, or Globe is a solid, bounded by a convex surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within 'called the center. TJie Diameter of a sphere is a line passing through its centre and terminating in its surface.... | |
 | Eli Todd Tappan - Geometry - 1868 - 444 pages
...the following definitions: A CIRCLE is a portion of a plane bounded by a line called a CIRCUMFERENCE, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the CENTER. 146. Theorem. — A circumference is curved throughout. For a straight line can not have... | |
 | Philip Thomas Main - Astronomy - 1868 - 224 pages
...definitions and prove a few propositions relating to the geometry of the sphere. DBF. A sphere is a surface every point of which is equally distant from a point within it called the centre. It follows at once that every plane section of a sphere through the centre is... | |
 | Wilshire S. Courtney - Agriculture - 1869 - 532 pages
...perpendicular to AB at its centre is called the minor diameter. A Sphere is a solid, bounded by a convex surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre ; as, Fig. 22. A Spheroid is a solid, generated by the revolution of an ellipse about one of its diameters.... | |
 | Alfred Hiley - 1871 - 184 pages
...is 24 ft. throughout. Find the cubic contents. XXV. THE SPHERE. Definitions. — A sphere or globe is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a certain point within the sphere, called the centre. The radius of a sphere is the straight line drawn... | |
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A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center. 
