 | Sir Norman Lockyer - Electronic journals - 1876 - 926 pages
...bad as the common school-boy definition : " a circle is a plain figure bounded by one straight line, and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point in its centre to the circumference are equal ; " but it is not what we should expect in a text-book... | |
 | Edward Atkins - 1877 - 72 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, [and... | |
 | Euclides - 1877 - 58 pages
...one or more lines. 11. A circle is a plane 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 eircumferencu are equal to one another. 12 And this point is called the centre of the circle. 13. Rectilineal... | |
 | Isaac Todhunter - 1877 - 442 pages
...sides equal. 19. 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. A radius of... | |
 | John Merry Ross - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1877 - 625 pages
...Metamorphoses. Cir'cle, according to Euclid, is a plain figure contained by one line, called the circumference^ and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point wifehin the figure to the circumference are equal to one another ; this point is the centre. It is... | |
 | James Maurice Wilson - 1878 - 450 pages
...lines. Def. 8. 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. This point is called the centre of the circle. Def. 9. A radius... | |
 | Āryabhaṭa - 1878 - 100 pages
...boundaries. VI. A circle is a plane figure bounded by one lino, which is called the circumference, and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within it to tho circumference, are equal to one another. [•Figure ABCI) : Prop. 1. is a circle.] VII. And... | |
 | Moffatt and Paige - 1879 - 426 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. 1 7.... | |
 | Euclides - 1879 - 146 pages
...circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that ? straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. 1 6. And this point is called the centre of the circle. 17.... | |
 | Isaac Todhunter - Euclid's Elements - 1880 - 426 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.... | |
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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. 
