 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1883 - 360 pages
...the vertex to the circumf. of the base. 478. A sphere is a body bounded by a uniformly curved face, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the center. The diameter of a sphere is a straight line passing through the center of the sphere, and... | |
 | National Telephone Exchange Association - Engineering - 1885 - 898 pages
...with satisfaction — on you who remind him of Euclid's definition of a circle — "A curved line, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre." No longer will some honeyed representative of illustrated journalism beg his photograph in order to... | |
 | Webster Wells - Geometry - 1886 - 392 pages
...section is a circle. THE SPHERE. DEFINITIONS. 616. 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 radius of a sphere is a straight line drawn from the centre to the surface, and a diameter is a straight... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Arithmetic - 1886 - 392 pages
...the middle of AB, § 347. FIG. 14. Fie. 15. CIRCUMFERENCES. 356. A circumference is a curved line all points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre. 357. To trace a circumference, fix upon paper one of the points of the compasses open, and turn the... | |
 | Frank Eugene Kidder - Architecture - 1886 - 640 pages
...part of it by a plane parallel to the base. A sphere is a volume bounded by a curved sin-face, all points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the centre. treats of the measurement of lines, surface*. "Fig. 21 .Mensuration find rolumes. RULES. To compute,... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth, George Anthony Hill - Arithmetic - 1887 - 448 pages
...does the chimney contain ? ARITHMETICAL EXERCISES. 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... | |
 | William Chauvenet, William Elwood Byerly - Geometry - 1887 - 331 pages
...parallelogram. BOOK II. THE CIRCLE. 1. DEFINITIONS. A circle is a portion of a plane bounded t>y t« curve, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within it called the centre. The curve which bounds the circle is called its circumference. Any straight line... | |
 | Charles Scott Venable - Arithmetic - 1888 - 402 pages
...its sides equal. The figure C1 is a square. 935. A clrele is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre. 936. The line that bounds a circle is the circumference ; any straight line from the centre to the... | |
 | George Soulé - Arithmetic - 1888 - 568 pages
...remains after the top is cut ofl' by a plane parallel to the base. 599. A Sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, all the points of which are equally distant from a "certain point within called the center. The Radius of a sphere is a lino drawn from the center to... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Geometry - 1888 - 272 pages
...DEFINITIONS. 210. A circle is a portion of a plane bounded by a curved line called a circumference, all points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre. 211. A radius is a straight line drawn from the centre to the circumference ; and a diameter is a straight... | |
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THE sphere is a solid terminated by a curve surface, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the centre. 
