| John Playfair - Geometry - 1855 - 360 pages
...the nature of the line or lines which bound it. 11. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that...the figure to the circumference, are equal to one .mother and are called radii 12. And this point is called the centre of the circle. 13. A diameter... | |
| Edward Thomas Stevens - 1866 - 434 pages
...the circumference, and is such that all straight lines drawn from, a certain point within the circle to the circumference are equal to one another. This point is called the centre of the circle. NOTE :— If c be the centre of the circle, c D is called a radius, and BE a diameter of the circle... | |
| Euclid, Isaac Todhunter - Euclid's Elements - 1867 - 426 pages
...which is enclosed by one or more boundaries. 15. 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 : 16. And this point is called the centre of the circle. 17. A diameter of a circle is a straight line... | |
| John Bruce Norton - Education, Higher - 1870 - 350 pages
...allusion to it as " a plain figure contained by one line called the circumference, and such that all right lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference are equal to one another?" Why then should we stumble or 'be offended at the use of such terms as " Estopell," "Alimony," " Certiorari,"... | |
| 1871 - 800 pages
...the same words. ' A circle,' say they, ' is a plane figure contained by a line, which is called its circumference, and is such, that all straight lines...figure to the circumference are equal to one another.' Thus the circle, as defined by them, ia ' a plane figure- ' that is, a figure described in a plane,... | |
| Henry Major - Student teachers - 1873 - 580 pages
...more boundaries. , XV. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, called the circumference, such that all straight lines drawn from a certain...figure to the circumference are equal to one another. XVI. This point is called the centre. XVII. A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through... | |
| Euclides - 1874 - 342 pages
...which is inclosed by one or more boundaries. 16. 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. 16. And this point is called the centre of the circle. 17. A diameter of a circle is a straight line... | |
| Edward Atkins - 1874 - 428 pages
...which is enclosed by one or more boundaries. 15. 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. 16. And this point is called the centre of the circle, [and any straight line drawn from the centre... | |
| Euclides - 1874 - 120 pages
...which is enclosed by one or more boundaries. 15. 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. 16. And this point is called the centre of the circle. 17. A diameter of a circle is a straight line... | |
| Euclid, James Bryce, David Munn (F.R.S.E.) - Geometry - 1874 - 236 pages
...called the circumference; and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within it to the circumference are equal to one another. This point is called the centre of the circle. 31. An arc of a circle is any part of the circumference. 32. A chord is a straight line joining the... | |
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