 | Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox - Rifle practice - 1859 - 308 pages
...CHAPTER IV. TUB CIRCLE AND THE MEASURING OF ANGLES. "WK give the name of circumference to a curved line, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the centre. ,, The part of the surface contained in the circumference is called the circle. Every right line joining the... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1860 - 440 pages
...circumference of a circle from its diameter. Multiply the 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... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - Physics - 1860 - 484 pages
...sides are equal ; j _,' H 0 as, IJ KL, Fig. 23. 22. A Sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre ; as, AB CD, Fig. 24. 23. The Axis of a sphere is a straight line passing through its centre and terminating... | |
 | George Roberts Perkins - Geometry - 1860 - 472 pages
...AND ITS COMBINATION WITH THE STRAIGHT LINE. DEF1NIT1ONS. I. The circumference of a circle is a curved line, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centrs. The circle is the space bounded by the circumference. II. Any straight line drawn from... | |
 | Sophia S. Cornell - Geography - 1861 - 414 pages
...of a Circle.—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... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic (Commercial), 1861 - 1861 - 348 pages
...inches ? Ans. 9f cu. ft. nearly. SPHERES. ART. 181. A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the center. The diameter or axis of a sphere is a line passing through the center, and terminated each... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1862 - 436 pages
...circumference of a circle from its diameter. Multiply the 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 cfa circle is a straight line which passes through the centre, and is terminated on Doth sides... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Geometry - 1862 - 518 pages
...CIRCLE, AND THE MEASURE 0F ANGLES. DEFINITIONS. 152. A CIRCLE is a plane fig-are bounded by a curved line, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre; as the figure ADB B. 153. The CIRCUMFERENCE or PERIPHERY of a circle is its. entire bounding line ;... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Geometry - 1862 - 532 pages
...CIRCLE, AND THE MEASURE OF ANGLES. DEFINITIONS. 152. A 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. 153. The CIRCUMFERENCE or PERIPHERY of a circle is its entire bounding line ;... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Geometry - 1861 - 638 pages
...The CIRCUMFERENCE or PERIPHERY of a circle is its entire bounding line ; or it is a curved line, all points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre. 154. A RADIUS of a circle is any straight line drawn from the centre to the circumference ; as the... | |
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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. 
