 | Wilshire S. Courtney - Agriculture - 1869 - 532 pages
...centre is called the minor diameter. A Sphere is a solid, bounded by a convex surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre ; as, Fig. 22. A Spheroid is a solid, generated by the revolution of an ellipse about one of its diameters.... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1871 - 350 pages
...of another cellar of the same size, having the length, width, and depth equal? Ans. 13.9 2-)- feet. 298, A Sphere is a solid bounded by one continued...which is equally distant from a point within, called the center. The Diameter of a sphere is a straight line passing through the center and terminated by... | |
 | George Augustus Walton, Electa N. L. Walton - Arithmetic - 1871 - 348 pages
...distance between the perimeters of the two bases is the slant height. 597. A solid (Fig. 9) bounded by a surface every part of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre, is a globe or sphere. NOTE. — A circle which divides a sphere into two equal parts is a great circle... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - Arithmetic - 1872 - 350 pages
...cubic foot? Ans. $8.48. 537. SPHERES. — A Sphere is a body bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. RULES. — I. To find the surface of a sphere, multiply the square of the diameter by 3.14159. IL To... | |
 | Charles Davies - Geometry - 1872 - 464 pages
...lines which are called elements of cotUact. 12. A SPHERE is a volume bounded by a surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre. A sphere may be generated by a semicircle revolving about its diameter as an axis. 13. A RADIUS of... | |
 | Andrew H. Baker - Arithmetic - 1878 - 204 pages
...16 x 9 = Vîïï — 13 16 _9 37 x 4 = 148 cu. ft. DEFINITIONS. 1. A Sphere is a solid with a curved surface, every part of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre. 2. The Axis or THamctcr of a sphere is a straight line passing through the centre and terminated at... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1878 - 468 pages
...acres 1 rood 28 rods 24 yards 6.347 feet CIRCLES. 627. A circle is a plane figure bounded by a line, every part of which is equally distant from ' a point within called the center; as AEFGBD. The circumference or periphery of a circle is the line that bounds it. A radius... | |
 | William Guy Peck - Arithmetic - 1878 - 240 pages
...LONGITUDE. DEFINITIONS. 209. A Circle is a portion of a plane bounded by a curved line every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre; as, AED. The bounding line is called the circumference; as, AED. Any part of the bounding line is called... | |
 | Sarah Frances Buckelew - Drawing - 1878 - 154 pages
..." 12 " " Dodecagon. CURVILINEAR PLANE FIGURES. A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, every part of which is equally distant from a point within called its centre. The Circumference of a circle is the line which bounds the figure. The Diameter of a circle... | |
 | William Henry Harrison Phillips - Geometry - 1878 - 236 pages
...CIRCLE I. —DEFINITIONS. 1. A circle is a portion of a plane bounded by a curved line every point of which is equally distant from a point wi-thin called the centre. 2. The curve is called the circumference of the circle. 3. An arc is a portion of the circumference... | |
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A sphere is a solid, bounded by one continued convex surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. 
