 | Euclides - 1877 - 58 pages
...is that which is inclosed by one or more lines. 11. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line (called the circumference), and is such that all straight...drawn from a certain point within the figure to the eircumferencu are equal to one another. 12 And this point is called the centre of the circle. 13. Rectilineal... | |
 | John Merry Ross - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1877 - 625 pages
...I4th Book of the Metamorphoses. Cir'cle, according to Euclid, is a plain figure contained by one line, called the circumference^ and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point wifehin the figure to the circumference are equal to one another ; this point is the centre. It is... | |
 | Āryabhaṭa - 1878 - 100 pages
...that which is enclosed by one or moro boundaries. VI. A circle is a plane figure bounded by one lino, which is called the circumference, and is such that...all straight lines drawn from a certain point within it to tho circumference, are equal to one another. [•Figure ABCI) : Prop. 1. is a circle.] VII. And... | |
 | James Maurice Wilson - 1878 - 450 pages
...is constant is a circle. BOOK III, THE CIRCLE. SECTION I. ELEMENTARY PROPERTIES. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that all the lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference are equal to one another.... | |
 | Moffatt and Paige - 1879 - 428 pages
...anything. 14. A figure is that which is enclosed by one or more boundaries. 15. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the...figure to the circumference are equal to one another. 16. And this point is called the centre of the circle. 1 7. A diameter of a circle is a straight line... | |
 | Euclides - 1879 - 146 pages
...anything. 14. A figure is that which is enclosed by one or more boundaries. 15. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that ? straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are equal to one... | |
 | Euclides, James Hamblin Smith - 1879 - 376 pages
...is one which is less than a right angle. ^ XIII. A CIRCLE is a plane figure contained by one lino, which is called the CIRCUMFERENCE, and is such, that all straight lines drawn to the circumference from a certain point (called the CENTRE) within the figure are equal to one another.... | |
 | Isaac Sharpless - Geometry - 1879 - 282 pages
...quadrilateral is a straight line joining its opposite angles. Circ1e. 30. A circle is a plane figure, enclosed by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that all lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference are equal to one another. 31.... | |
 | Isaac Todhunter - Euclid's Elements - 1880 - 426 pages
...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, which is called the...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... | |
 | T S. Taylor - 1880 - 152 pages
...the letters affixed to these lines instead of A, J3, C, D. ff Definitions. — A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the...within the figure to the circumference are equal. And that point is called the centre of the circle. General Enunciation. From the greater of two given... | |
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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. 
