 | William Somerville Orr - Science - 1854 - 534 pages
...circle is a plane figure enclosed by one line, which is called the circumference of the circle : it is such, that all straight lines, drawn from a certain...another. This point is called the centre of the circle. And any line drawn from the centre to the circumference is called a radius of the circle. xrv. A diameter... | |
 | Euclides - 1855 - 270 pages
...figures, as well as to plane figures. XV. A circle is a plane figure contained [or, bounded] by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such, that...figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. The circumference of a circle is its boundary. The space contained within the boundary, is called the... | |
 | Robert Rawson - 1856 - 178 pages
...which is inclosed by one or more boundaries. XV. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that...figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. XVL And this point is called the centre of the circle. XVH. A diameter of a circle is a straight line... | |
 | William Ezra Worthen - Architectural drawing - 1857 - 632 pages
...annexed to which are their respective designations. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that...figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. And this point is called the centre of the circle. The term circle is very generally used for the circumference,... | |
 | W.E. WORTHEN - 1857 - 600 pages
...designations. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the tircwnference, and is such that all straight lines, drawn from a...figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. And this point is called the centre of the circle. The term circle is very generally used for the circumference,... | |
 | John Weale - Architecture - 1859 - 622 pages
...measuring distances, and taking the thickness of solids. Circle, a plain figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that...within the figure to the circumference are equal to one anCHU CIRCULAR. С Г- А other, and this point is called the centre of the circle. The circumference... | |
 | Euclides - 1858 - 248 pages
...equals the square of half the line. Def. 15 and 16. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line called the circumference, and is such that all straight...figure to the circumference are equal to one another. And this point is called the centre of the circle. 47. I. The square of the hypotenuse, &c. Ax. 3.... | |
 | Robert Potts - Geometry, Plane - 1860 - 380 pages
...which is enclosed by one or more boundaries. XV. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that...figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. XVI. And this point is called the center of the circle. xvn. A diameter of a circle is a straight line... | |
 | James Smith - Circle-squaring - 1861 - 292 pages
...imagine," is a plane figure, enclosed by one line, which is called the circumference of the circle, it is such, that all straight lines drawn from a certain...circumference, are equal to one another. This point within the figure is called the centre of the circle. A straight line drawn through the centre, and... | |
 | Euclides - 1861 - 464 pages
...is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that all st. lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. Ax. 1. Things which are equal to the same thing, are equal to one another. Def. 7, IV. A st. line is... | |
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A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. 
