| John Fair Stoddard - 1856 - 312 páginas
...ten, a DECAGON ; that of twelve, a DODECAGON, &c. A CIRCLE is a plane, terminated by a curved line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. The curved line is called the circumference. The DIAMETER of a circle is a line passing... | |
| Hiram Mattison - 1856 - 254 páginas
...• c. i;. 18. ClBCLES AND ELLIPSES. A Circle is a plane figure, bounded by a curve line, every part of which is equally distant from a point within called the center. Concentric Circles are such as are drawn around a common center. The Circumference of a circle is the... | |
| William Ezra Worthen - 1857 - 650 páginas
...base has three, four, five, six sides, &c. A Fig. 25. Fig. 26. Fig. 27. A sphere or globe (fig. 27), is a solid bounded by a uniformly curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from the centre, a point within the sphere. A line passing through the centre, and terminating both ways... | |
| W.E. WORTHEN - 1857 - 600 páginas
...base has three, four, five, six sides, &c. /L Fig. 25. Fig. 26. Fig. 27. A. sphere or globe (fig. 27), is a solid bounded by a uniformly curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from the centre, a point within the sphere. A line passing through the centre, and terminating both ways... | |
| Charles Davies, William Guy Peck - 1857 - 608 páginas
...the mind an idea of a physical unit of measure, called a foot. So a " portion of space bounded by a surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre," is a mere conception of form. When we call it a sphere, we employ the term to express... | |
| Sarah S. Cornell - 1857 - 422 páginas
...the magnitude of the radius. Definition of a Sphere. — A Sphere is a body bounded by one continuous surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called its centre. Any line drawn from the centre to the surface is called a radius. A line passing through... | |
| Elias Loomis - 1858 - 256 páginas
...THE CIRCLE, AND THE MEASURE OF ANGLES. Definitions. 1. A circk is a plane figure bounded by a line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the center. This bounding line is called the circumference of the circle. 2. A radius of a circle is a straight... | |
| William E. Bell - 1857 - 250 páginas
...which have like positions in similar polygons. 34. The circumference of a circle is a curved line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. 35. The circle is the surface bounded by the circumference. 36. A radius of a circle is... | |
| Elias Loomis - 1859 - 320 páginas
...cos. v, y=r sin. v. SECTION IT. ON THE CIRCLE. (32.) A CIRCLE is a plane figure bounded by a line, every point of which is equally distant from a' point within called the center. This bounding line is called the circumference of the circle. A radius of a circle is a straight line... | |
| William E. Bell - 1859 - 226 páginas
...which have like positions in similar polygons. 34. The circumference of a circle is a curved line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. 35. The circle is the surface bounded by the circumference. 36. A radius of a circle is... | |
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