 | Wellington Salop, old hall sch - 1885 - 204 pages
...only length and breadth." We next discover that "a circle is a figure contained by straight lines, and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within that circle are equal." We are sorry to say that the inventor of this forgot to draw a figure. We have... | |
 | James McCosh - Metaphysics - 1889 - 390 pages
...any length in a straight line ; " " There may be such a figure as a circle, that is, a plane figure such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure are equal to one another ; " and that " A circle may be described from any centre at any distance from... | |
 | Edward Mann Langley, W. Seys Phillips - 1890 - 538 pages
...boundaries. 15. 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. 16. And this point is called the Centre of the circle. 17.... | |
 | Rupert Deakin - 1897 - 344 pages
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 | Andrew Jamieson - Steam - 1897 - 362 pages
...CIRCLE is a plane figure bounded by one line, which is called the circumference ; and is such, t/tat all straight lines drawn from, a certain point within the figure to the circumference are equal to one another. This point is called tlie centre of the circle. A DIAMETER... | |
 | Seymour Eaton - 1899 - 362 pages
...be equilateral. 5. A circle is a plane (flat) figure contained by one line called the circumference, and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference are equal. This point is called the center of the circle. 6. The radius of a circle is... | |
 | Euclid, Henry Sinclair Hall, Frederick Haller Stevens - Euclid's Elements - 1900 - 330 pages
...Book I. I. Def. 15. A circle is a plane figure bounded 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 : this point is called the centre of the circle. NOTE. Circles... | |
 | 1901 - 530 pages
...before expanding. Circle is a plane figure contained by one Hue, which is tailed the rircumferenrt, and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point (the centre) within the figure to the circumference are equal to one another. The properties of the... | |
 | G. F. Burn - Geometry - 1903 - 272 pages
...means adjoining. 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. And this point is called the centre of the circle. In Practical... | |
 | Association for the Improvement of Geometrical Teaching - 1903 - 342 pages
...41. A circlets a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is suck that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference are equal to one another. This point, is called the centre of the circle. DEF. 42. A... | |
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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. 
