 | George Lees - 1826 - 266 pages
...the remote end of that line its circumference. ELEMENTS Book I. XIV.— The diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference. Cor. All radii of the same circle are equal to each other, and to a semi-diameter. XV.... | |
 | John Playfair - Geometry - 1829 - 186 pages
...drawn from the centre to the circumference are equal to one another. 21. A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference; and a radius is a straight line drawn from the centre to the circumference. 22. A semicircle... | |
 | Ira Wanzer - Arithmetic - 1831 - 396 pages
...equally distant from a certain point within the circle, called the centre. The diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference. 21. An ellipse, or ellipsis, is an oval , figure, resembling a circle, only the length... | |
 | Thomas Perronet Thompson - Euclid's Elements - 1833 - 150 pages
...line drawn from the centre of a circle to the circumference, is called a radius of the circle ; and any straight line drawn through the centre and terminated both ways by the circumference, is called a diameter of the circle. When a circle is said to be described abont the... | |
 | Tobias Ostrander - Measurement - 1833 - 172 pages
...that circumference. A semicircle is half, and a quadrant is a quarter of a circle. The diameter is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference. PROBLEM I. To find the circumference of a circle, the diameter being given. Rule—Multiply... | |
 | Tobias Ostrander - Measurement - 1834 - 159 pages
...that circumference. A semicircle is half, and a quadrant is a quarter of a circle. The diameter is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference. PROBLEM I. To find the circumference of a circle, the diameter being given. Rule —... | |
 | Euclid - 1835 - 540 pages
...one another. XVI. And this point is calledihe centre of the circle. XVII. A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference. XVIII. A semicircle is the figure contained by a diameter and the part of the circumference... | |
 | Mathematics - 1836 - 472 pages
...one another. 12. And this point is called the centre of the circle. 13. A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference. 14. A semicircle is the figure contained by a diameter and the part of the circumference... | |
 | Andrew Bell - Euclid's Elements - 1837 - 240 pages
...to one another. 15. This point is called the centre of the circle. 16. A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference. 17. A line drawn from the centre to the circumference of a circle is called a radius.... | |
 | Robert Simson - Geometry - 1838 - 434 pages
...another : XVI. And this point is called the centre of the circle. xvn. . A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference. XVIII. A semicircle is the figure contained by a diameter and the part of the circumference... | |
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... is such, that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference are equal to one another : 16. And this point is called the centre of the circle. 
