Search Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »
Sign in
Books Books
" 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. "
Elements of Geometry: Containing the First Six Books of Euclid, with a ... - Page 19
by John Playfair - 1819 - 333 pages
Full view - About this book

A treatise on arithmetic. [With] Key, Volume 1

James Thomson - 1880 - 408 pages
...angles which are not adjacent to one another. XVII. A CIRCLE is a figure contained, on a flat surface, by one line which is called the CIRCUMFERENCE ; and is such that all straight lines drawn to the circumference from a certain point within the figure, called the CENTRE, are equal to each other....
Full view - About this book

Euclid for beginners, books i. and ii., with simple exercises by F.B. Harvey

Euclides, Frederick Burn Harvey - Geometry - 1880 - 178 pages
...which is contained by one or more boundaries. 15. A CIRCLE is a plane figure contained by one line called the CIRCUMFERENCE, and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within it, called the CENTRE, to the circumference are equal to each other. Each of such equal straight lines...
Full view - About this book

Nature, Volume 21

Sir Norman Lockyer - Electronic journals - 1880 - 668 pages
...VII. — A plane figure is a portion of a plane surface inclosed by a line or lines. "Def. VIII. — \circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, &c. "Def. XXII. — A plane rectilineal figure is a portion of a plane surface inclosed by straight...
Full view - About this book

The Elements of geometry; or, The first six books, with the eleventh and ...

Euclides - Euclid's Elements - 1881 - 236 pages
...figurca, u well u to plane figures XV. A circle is a plane figure contained [or, bounded] by •>ae line, which is called the circumference, and is such...figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. The circumference of a circle ie its boundary. The space contained within the boundary, \s called the...
Full view - About this book

The Practical Teacher, Volume 1, Issue 1

Education - 1882 - 676 pages
...them lies wholly in that superficies. An obtuse angle is that which is greater than a right angle. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line which...circumference, and is such that all straight lines drawn from я certain point (called the centre) within the figure to the circumference are equal to one another....
Full view - About this book

The Intuitions of the Mind Inductively Investigated

James McCosh - Intuition - 1882 - 472 pages
...any length in a straight line ;" " There may be such a figure as a circle, that is, a plane figure such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point •within the figure are equal to one another ;" and that " A circle may be described from any centre at any distance from...
Full view - About this book

Class lessons on Euclid

Marianne Nops - 1882 - 278 pages
...the definition of a circle (def. 15). It is to the latter part that I wish to draw your attention, ' and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point (the centre) within the figure to the circumference are equal.' Here is a mode of measuring the lines...
Full view - About this book

The Elements of Euclid for the Use of Schools and Colleges: Comprising the ...

Euclid, Isaac Todhunter - Euclid's Elements - 1883 - 428 pages
...is the extremity of any thing. 14. A figure is that which is enclosed by one or more boundaries. 15. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line,...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 lino...
Full view - About this book

Geometry for schools, comprising books i. and ii. of Euclid, with some ...

Euclides - 1883 - 176 pages
...that of an angle, which is one not " enclosed." 11. A circle is a plane figure bounded by one line called the circumference, and is such that all straight...figure to the circumference are equal to one another. 12. This point is called the centre of the circle. A radius is a straight line from the centre to the...
Full view - About this book

Syllabus of plane geometry, books 1-3, corresponding to Euclid, books 1-4 ...

Mathematical association - 1883 - 86 pages
...in that surface. DEF. 7. A plane figure is a portion of a plane surface enclosed by a line or lines. straight lines drawn from a certain point within the...figure to the circumference are equal to one another. This point is called the centre of the circle. DEF. 9. A radius of a circle is a straight line drawn...
Full view - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF