 | Webster Wells - Arithmetic - 1893 - 360 pages
...cone included between the bases of the frustum; as QH. 246. A Sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, all points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre ; as ABD. A radius is a straight line drawn from the centre to the surface, as OA; a diameter is a... | |
 | Webster Wells - Arithmetic - 1893 - 382 pages
...what is the length of its diagonal ? 229. A Circle is a portion of a plane bounded by a curved line, all points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre; as ABD. The bounding curve is called the circumference of the circle. A radius is a straight line drawn... | |
 | William Chauvenet - 1893 - 340 pages
...the element of contact. THE SPHERE. 19. Definition. A sphere is a solid bounded by a surface all the points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the centre. A sphere may be generated by the revolution of a semicircle ABC about ita diameter AC as an axis; for... | |
 | Webster Wells - Geometry - 1894 - 400 pages
...cone passes through the centre of every section parallel to the base. THE SPHERE. DEFINITIONS. 573. A sphere is a solid bounded by a surface, all points...equally distant from a point within called the centre. 574. A radius of a sphere is a straight line drawn from the centre to the surface. A diameter is a... | |
 | George Clinton Shutts - Geometry - 1894 - 412 pages
...611 by circumscribing a pyramid about the cone. THE THREE ROUND BODIES. Fl°- *• The Sphere. 615. A sphere is a solid bounded by a surface all points of which are equally distant from a fixed point within. (а) The fixed point is the center of the sphere, as O, Fig. i. (б) The bounding... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - 1894 - 318 pages
...ft. How many cubic feet of brick does the chimney contain ? A Sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface all points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre. A straight line drawn from the centre to the surface is called a radius, and a straight line drawn... | |
 | Mary Ann Bacon - Arithmetic - 1894 - 270 pages
...measuring angles and arcs, latitude and longitude. A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, all points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre, The bounding line of a circle is called its Circumference. A diameter of a circle is a straight line... | |
 | James N. Patrick - Educational psychology - 1894 - 248 pages
...lead is heavier than water; therefore, lead will sink. A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curve, all points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre; the figure on the blackboard is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, all points of which are equally... | |
 | Oscar F. Williams - Arithmetic - 1894 - 364 pages
...surface terminating in a point called a vertex. PYRAMID. 489. A Sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, all points of which are equally distant from a point within called the center. SPHERE. 490. The Diameter of a sphere is a line drawn through its center, terminating each... | |
 | George Edward Atwood - Arithmetic - 1894 - 396 pages
...the base by one-third the altitude. SPHERES. 466. A Sphere is a solid bounded by a uniformly curved surface, all points of which are equally distant from a point within called the center. 467. The Diameter of a sphere is a straight line passing through the center and terminating... | |
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A sphere is a solid bounded by a surface all points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre. 
