 | Alfred Newsom Niblett - 1861 - 204 pages
...called the axis or diameter of the sphere ; or it is a solid bounded by one continued convex surface, every part of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. EULE. Multiply the cube of the diameter by '5936, or the cube of the circumference by -016867, and... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - Physics - 1862 - 468 pages
...changes its direction at every point; as, GH. 4. A Circle is a figure bounded by a curve, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the Centre. Fig. 16 represents a circle, and E its centre. 5. The Circumference of a circle is the curve that bounds... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Object-teaching - 1863 - 356 pages
...quadrilaterals. A Circle is a plane figure inclosed by a single curved line, called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. In popular language, however, the circumference itself is often called a circle. Circular. Semicircles... | |
 | Joseph Hutchins Colton, Charles Carroll Morgan - Geography - 1863 - 608 pages
...plane, are everywhere | equally distant from each other. 4. A CIRCLE is a plane figure, bounded by a line, every part of which is equally distant from a point •within, called the center. 5. The CIRCUMFERENCE3 OF A FLAXE FIGURE is the line which bounds it. 6. A DIAMETEJ!5 OF... | |
 | Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1863 - 464 pages
...proportional quantities are proportionals. BOOK III. CIRCLE, AND THE MEASUREMENT OF ANGLES. DEFINITIONS. 1. 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. The bounding line is called... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1863 - 350 pages
...72A. 1R. 16P. ~T^ THE CIRCLE. /477. 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. 478. The curve line is called the circumference, and a line passing through the centre and ending in... | |
 | George Augustus Walton - Arithmetic - 1864 - 376 pages
...astronomy, geography, navigation, and surveying. 184. A Circle is a plane surface bounded by ' * a line, every part of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre. 185. The bounding line is called the Circumference of the circle. Any part of the circumference is... | |
 | George Augustus Walton - Arithmetic - 1864 - 364 pages
...principally in astronomy, geography, navigation, and surveying. 184. A Circle is a plane surface bounded by a line, every part of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre. 185. The bounding line is called the Circumference of the circle. Any part of the circumference is... | |
 | Stoddard A. Felter - Arithmetic - 1864 - 412 pages
...represents the frustum of a cone. 356. 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. 23. 357. A Spheroid is a solid, generated by the revolution of an ellipse about one of -p-llr... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - Plane trigonometry - 1864 - 324 pages
...of IJ K L. 33. A CIRCLE is a plane bounded by a curved line, called the circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre ; as ABD E. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called... | |
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A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center. 
