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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. "
Orr's Circle of the Sciences: Organic nature, vols. 1-3 (1854-1856) - Page 45
edited by - 1854
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The first two books of the Elements of Euclid, with additional figures ...

Euclides - 1852 - 152 pages
...contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that all straight lines B 3 BOOK I. drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. XVI. And this point is called the centre of the circle. [In the above figures A is the centre of the...
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The popular educator, Volumes 1-2; Volume 5

Popular educator - 1852 - 842 pages
...a ame line, called the cireumference or periphery, which is such that all straight linen drawn trom a certain point within the figure to the circumference are equal to each other. This point is called the centre of the circle, and each of the straight lines is called...
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The geometry, by T. S. Davies. Conic sections, by Stephen Fenwick

Royal Military Academy, Woolwich - Mathematics - 1853 - 400 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...figure to the circumference are equal to one another. 16. And this point is called the centre of the circle. 17. A diameter of a circle is a straight line...
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The first six books of the Elements of Euclid, with numerous exercises

Euclides - Geometry - 1853 - 176 pages
...boundaries. XV. A circle is a plain figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain...figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. XVI. And this point is called the centre of the circle. XVII. A diameter of a circle is a straight...
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The synoptical Euclid; being the first four books of Euclid's Elements of ...

Euclides - 1853 - 146 pages
...boundaries. xv. 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...figure to the circumference are equal to one another. XVI. And this point is called the centre of the circle. XVII. A diameter of a circle is a straight...
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The Elements of Euclid, books i-vi; xi. 1-21; xii. 1,2; ed. by H.J. Hose, Book 1

Euclides - Geometry - 1853 - 334 pages
...plane figure is to be understood. XV. A circle is defined to be a plane figure, contained by one line, such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure, to meet this one line, are equal to one another. XVI. This one line is called the circumference of the...
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The Elements of geometry; or, The first six books, with the eleventh and ...

Euclides - 1855 - 270 pages
...circle is a plane figure contained [or, bounded] by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such, that all straight lines drawn from a certain...figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. The circumference of a circle is its boundary. The space contained within the boundary, is called the...
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Mensuration of Lines, Areas, Surfaces, and Volumes ...

Robert Rawson - 1856 - 178 pages
...boundaries. XV. 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...figure to the 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...
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The Popular Educator, Volume 1

1856 - 422 pages
...is a plane figure contained or bounded by a curve line, called the circumference or periphery, which is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain...within the figure to the circumference are equal to each other. This point is called the centre of the circle, and each of the straight Unes is called...
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APPLETONS' CYCLOPAEDIA OF DRAWING

W.E. WORTHEN - 1857 - 600 pages
...designations. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the tircwnference, and is such that all straight lines, drawn from a certain...figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. And this point is called the centre of the circle. The term circle is very generally used for the circumference,...
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