| Walter Marsham Adams - 1866 - 114 pages
...Circle; and secondly, to examine some of the various parts of these figures.. " A Circle," says Euclid, " is a plane figure contained by one line, which is...figure to the circumference are equal to one another. And this point is called the centre of the circle " (1.) (AB=AP.) The definitions correspond exactly.... | |
| Edward Clarke Lowe - 1866 - 172 pages
...which is enclosed by one or more boundaries. 15. A circle is a plane figure contained (or bounded) by one line, which is called the circumference, and...figure to the circumference are equal to one another. 1C. And this point is called the centre of the circle. 17. A diameter of a circle is a straight line... | |
| Edward Thomas Stevens - 1866 - 434 pages
...product is the area. DD THE CIRCLE. Definition : — A circle J8 a plane figure bounded by one line called the circumference, and is such that all straight lines drawn from, a certain point within the circle to the circumference are equal to one another. This point is called the centre of the circle.... | |
| Euclid, Isaac Todhunter - Euclid's Elements - 1867 - 426 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 line... | |
| Robert Potts - 1868 - 434 pages
...that which is less than a right angle. XTTI. A term or boundary is the extremity of any thing. xrv. XV. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line,...all straight lines drawn from a certain point within tie figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. XVI. And this point is called the center... | |
| Septimus Tebay - Measurement - 1868 - 168 pages
...10. An acute angle is less than a right angle. 11. 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 to the circumference are equal to one another. 12. And this point is called the centre of the circle... | |
| Isaac Todhunter - Measurement - 1869 - 312 pages
...polygon which are not adjacent is also called a 15. A circle is a plane figure bounded by one lino which is called the circumference, and is such that...figure to the circumference are equal to one another: this point is called the centre of the circle. A radius of a circle is a straight line drawn from the... | |
| Richard Wormell - Geometry, Plane - 1870 - 304 pages
...Circumferences.— Use of compasses. 43. A circle is a figure contained by one line, termed the circumference, such that all straight lines drawn from a certain...within the figure to the circumference are equal. If we place one of the points of a pair of compasses upon a perfectly even board, and the compasses... | |
| John Bruce Norton - Education, Higher - 1870 - 350 pages
...allusion to it as " a plain figure contained by one line called the circumference, and such that all right lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference are equal to one another?" Why then should we stumble or 'be offended at the use of such terms as " Estopell," "Alimony," " Certiorari,"... | |
| Euclides - 1870 - 270 pages
...same plane, the figure is called a plane figure." — HOSE. 15. A circle (circulus, a ring, or hoop) is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference (circumferre, to carry round), and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within... | |
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