 | Benjamin Peirce - Geometry - 1837 - 216 pages
...CHAPTER XVIII. THE SPHERE. 415. Definition. A sphere is a solid terminated by a curved surface, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre. 41G. Corollary. The sphere may be conceived to be generated l,y the revolution of a semicircle, DAE... | |
 | Massachusetts. Board of Education - Education - 1909 - 540 pages
...conveniently after curvilinear figures.) STUDY OF CURVILINEAR FIGURES. CIRCLE. A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, all points of which are equally distant from a point within called the center. The center of a circle is a point within the circle, equally distant from all points in... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1838 - 292 pages
...acres. 5. What is the content of a field 27 chains long and 9 rods broad 1 Ans. 6 A. 0R. 12P. § 198. A circle is a portion of a plane bounded by a curved line, every part of which is equally distant from a certain point within, called the centre. The curved line... | |
 | Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1841 - 288 pages
...and the Measure of Angles. DEFINITIONS. 87. THE circumference of a circle is a curved line all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre. The circle is the space terminated by this curved line.* Fig 4t,. 88. Every straight line CA, CE, CD (fig.... | |
 | Charles DAVIES (LL.D.) - Arithmetic - 1843 - 348 pages
...acres. 5. What is the content of a field 27 chains long and 9 rods broad. Ans. 6A. 0R. 12P. § 198- A circle is a portion of a plane bounded by a curved line, every part of which is equally distant from a certain point within, called the centre. The curved line... | |
 | J. M. Scribner - Measurement - 1844 - 130 pages
...two ends, measured upon the surface. 10. A Sphere is a solid, terminated by a curved surface, all the points of •which are equally distant from a point •within, called the centre. A sphere may be described by the revolution of a semi-circle about a diameter. 11. A radius of a sphere... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1844 - 356 pages
...acres. 5. What is the content of a field 27 chains long and 9 rods broad. Ans. &A. 0R. 12P. § 198- A circle is a portion of a plane bounded by a curved line, every part of which is equally distant from a certain point within, called the centre. The curved line... | |
 | Nathan Scholfield - 1845 - 894 pages
...GEOMETRY. SPHERICAL GEOMETRY. DEFINITIONS. 1. 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. The sphere may be conceived to be generated by the revolution of a semicircle DAE about its diameter DE;... | |
 | Nathan Scholfield - Geometry - 1845 - 506 pages
...GEOMETRY. SPHERICAL GEOMETRY. DEFINITIONS. 1 . 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. The sphere may be conceived to be generated by the revolution of a semicircle DAE about its diameter DE;... | |
 | Nathan Scholfield - Conic sections - 1845 - 244 pages
...GEOMETRY. SPHERICAL GEOMETRY. DEFINITIONS. 1. 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. G The sphere may be conceived to be generated by the revolution of a semicircle DAE about its diameter... | |
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PERIPHERY of a circle is its entire bounding line ; or it is a curved line, all points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre. 
