| Jeremiah Day - Logarithms - 1855 - 344 pages
...any portion of the circumference. A semi-circle is half, and a quadrant onefourth of a circle. II. A Diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference. A Radius is a straight line extending from the centre to the circumference.... | |
| Euclides - 1855 - 262 pages
...circle. The straight line drawn from the centre to the circumference, ie called the radius. XVII. A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, anc terminated both ways by the circumference. XVIII. A semicircle is the figure contained by a diameter... | |
| Robert Rawson - 1856 - 200 pages
...circumference, are equal to one another. XVL And this point is called the centre of the circle. XVH. A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference. xvin. A semicircle is the figure contained by a diameter and the par*... | |
| Mechanical engineering - 1855 - 420 pages
...3. The radius of a circle is a straight line drawn from the centre to the circumference, as O B. 4. The diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways at the circumference, as CO A. 5. A chord is a straight line joining any two points of the... | |
| William E. Bell - Bridge building - 1857 - 250 pages
...circle all radii are equal ; all diameters are also equal, and each diameter is double the radius. 37. A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated on both sides by the circumference. In Fig. 17, CD, CG, ami CF are radii, and DE is a diameter. 38.... | |
| William E. Bell - Bridges - 1859 - 226 pages
...circle all radii are equal ; all diameters are also equal, and each diameter is double the radius. 37. A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated on both sides by the circumference. 1n Fig. 17, CD, CG, and CF are radii, and DE is a diameter. 38.... | |
| Euclides - 1860 - 288 pages
...drawn from the centre to the circumference of a circle is called a radius, as CD, CB, or CE. 20. A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference, as BE. 21. A semicircle is the figure contained by a diameter, and... | |
| George Payn Quackenbos - Physics - 1860 - 468 pages
...that bounds it; as, ACFBD. • 6. Any part of the circumference is called an Arc; as, AC, C F. 1. A Diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, terminating at both ends in the circumference; as, A B. Every circle has an infinite number of diameters,... | |
| George Payn Quackenbos - Physics - 1860 - 484 pages
...that bounds it; as, ACFBD. ;, 6. Any part of the circumference is called an Arc ; as, AC, C F. 7. A Diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, terminating at both ends in the circumference ; as, A B. Every circle has an infinite number of diameters,... | |
| William Keane (gardener.) - 1861 - 252 pages
...centre. 5. The radius of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre to the circumference. 6. A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre and terminated at both sides by the circumference. It is twice as long as the radius, and divides J;he circle into... | |
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