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" 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 : XVI. "
The Elements of Geometry, Symbolically Arranged - Page 5
by Great Britain. Admiralty - 1846
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Logic: Designed as an Introduction to the Study of Reasoning

John Leechman - Logic - 1864 - 248 pages
...is a figure which has four equal sides, and four right angles." A circle, we should say, "is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the...figure to the circumference are equal to one another." This kind of definition belongs to the science that is employed about the particular object defined...
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The school edition. Euclid's Elements of geometry, the first six books, by R ...

Euclides - 1864 - 448 pages
...any thing. XIv. A figure is that which is enclosed by one or more boundaries. XV. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the...figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. And this point is called the center of the circle. XVII. A diameter of a circle is a straight line...
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The College Euclid: Comprising the First Six and the Parts of the Eleventh ...

Euclides - 1865 - 402 pages
...any thing. XIV. A figure is that which is enclosed by one or more boundaries. XV. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the...another. XVI. And this point is called the centre of the circl*. XVII. A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both...
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Euclid's Elements of Geometry: Chiefly from the Text of Dr. Simson ...

Robert Potts - 1865 - 528 pages
...any thing. XIV. A figure is that which is enclosed by one or more boundaries. XV. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the...to one another. XVI. And this point is called the center of the circle. xvn. A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the center, and...
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The Constructive arithmetic

James A. Christie - 1865 - 454 pages
...the diameter of a circle containing 70- ao. 2- rd. 2976 po. statute measure 1 i "A circle is a plane figure, contained by one line, which is called the...figure to the circumference are equal to one another. And this point is called the centre of the circle. The diameter of a circle is a straight line passing...
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Definitions in Astronomy and Navigation Made Easy

John Bradley Harbord - Astronomy - 1865 - 52 pages
...of Navigation.' CHAPTER II. DEFINITIONS. THE SPHERE. A Sphere : A figure bounded by a curved surface such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the surface are equal to one another : this point is called the Centre of the Sphere. Great Circles of...
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Outlines of geometry; or, The motion of a point

Walter Marsham Adams - 1866 - 114 pages
...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 called the...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....
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Elements of Geometry: Containing the First Six Books of Euclid: With a ...

John Playfair - Geometry - 1855 - 360 pages
...figure, without any reference to the nature of the line or lines which bound it. 11. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the...the figure to the circumference, are equal to one .mother and are called radii 12. And this point is called the centre of the circle. 13. A diameter...
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An English primer; compiled under the superintendence of E.C. Lowe

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...
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The advanced lesson book, by E.T. Stevens and C. Hole

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....
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