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" CIRCLE is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre; as the figure ADB E. "
Elements of Geometry: On the Basis of Dr. Brewster's Legendre : to which is ... - Page 46
by James Bates Thomson - 1844 - 237 pages
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Practical Arithmetic: Uniting the Inductive with the Synthetic Mode of ...

James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1850 - 352 pages
...diameter is given. (Leg. Y. 11. Sch.) Multiply the given diameter by 3.14159. Note. — The.circumferenee of a circle is a curve line, all the points of which...distant from a point within, called the centre. The diameter of a circle is a straight line which passes through the centre, and is terminated on both...
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Elements of Geometry: With, Practical Applications

George Roberts Perkins - Geometry - 1850 - 332 pages
...prism; hence they will be their lines of contact. 7. A sphere is a solid terminated by a curve surface, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the centre. The sphere m-ay be conceived to be generated by the revolution of a semicircle DAE about its diameter DE;...
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The Elements of Astronomy: Or, The World as it Is, and as it Appears

Anna Cabot Lowell - Astronomy - 1850 - 412 pages
...of a Planet. Sidereal and Apparent Time. § 1. A sphere is a solid terminated by a curved surface, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre. The radius of a sphere is a straight line drawn from the centre to a point in the surface ; the diameter,...
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Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry

Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1852 - 436 pages
...said to be circumscribed about the pyramid. 9. The SPHERE is a solid terminated by a curved surface, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the centre. The sphere may be generated by the revolution of a semicircle DAE, about its diameter DE : for, the surface...
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Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry from the Works of A.M. Legendre ...

Charles Davies - Geometry - 1854 - 436 pages
...said to be circumscribed about the pyramid. 9. The SPHERE is a solid terminated by a curved surface, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the centre. The sphere may be generated by the revolution of a semicircle DAE, about its diameter DE : for, the surface...
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Higher Arithmetic; Or, The Science and Application of Numbers: Combining the ...

James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1855 - 436 pages
...circumference of a circle from its diameter. Multiply tlie diameter by 3.14159. (Leg. V. 11. Sch.) Note. — The circumference of a circle is a curve line, all...distant from a point within, called the centre. The diameter of a circle is a straight line which passes through the centre, and is terminated on Both...
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Plane and Solid Geometry: To which is Added Plane and Spherical Trigonometry ...

George Roberts Perkins - Geometry - 1856 - 460 pages
...AND ITS COMBINATION WITH THE STRAIGHT LINE. DEFINITIONS. I. The circumference of a circle is a curved line, all the points of which are equally distant...within called the centre. The circle is the space bounded by the circumference. II. Any straight line drawn from the centre to the circumference is called...
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Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry from the Works of A. M. Legendre ...

Adrien Marie Legendre, Charles Davies - Geometry - 1857 - 442 pages
...first to any one of the following terms exactly corresponds with the eruncration. BOOK III. THE CIKCLE, AND THE MEASUREMENT OF ANGLES. DEFINITIONS. 1. The...point within, called the centre. The circle is the portion of the plane terminated by the circumference. 2. Every straight line, drawn from the centre...
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Cornell's High School Geography: Forming Part Third of a Systematic Series ...

Sarah S. Cornell - Geography - 1857 - 422 pages
...a Clrele. — A Circle is a plane figure bounded by one continuous line, called its circumference ; all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre of the circle. Thus, in the adjoining figure, if the points A, D, E, and B are equally distant from...
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Bourdon's Arithmetic: Containing a Discussion of the Theory of Numbers

Bourdon (M., Louis Pierre Marie) - Arithmetic - 1858 - 262 pages
...the two divisions of the Circle. — The circumference of a circle is defined in geometry a recutiant line, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the centre. In all the scientific works in this country, the circumference is divided into 360 equal parts, called...
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