| Charles Davies - 1861 - 496 σελίδες
...and the perpendicular distance between them 52 chains ? Circle. 411. A CIRCLE is a portion of a plane bounded by a curved line, every point of which is equally distant from a certain point within, called the center The curved line AEBD is called the circumference; the point... | |
| Sophia S. Cornell - 1861 - 414 σελίδες
...magnitude of the radius. Definition of a Sphere.—A Sphere is a tody hounded hy 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... | |
| Alfred Newsom Niblett - 1861 - 204 σελίδες
...axis or diameter of the sphere ; or it is a solid bounded by one continued convex surface, every part of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. EULE. Multiply the cube of the diameter by '5936, or the cube of the circumference by -016867, and... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - 1861 - 338 σελίδες
...the distance from one of the lower corners to an opposite upper corner. Ans. 32.3-f- feet. ART. 289. A CIRCLE is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, every part of which is equally distant from a point called the centre. The circumference or periphery of... | |
| George Payn Quackenbos - 1862 - 468 σελίδες
...one that changes its direction at every point; as, GH. 4. A Circle is a figure bounded by a curve, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the Centre. Fig. 16 represents a circle, and E its centre. 5. The Circumference of a circle is the curve that bounds... | |
| Adrien Marie Legendre - 1863 - 464 σελίδες
...proportional quantities are proportionals. BOOK III. CIRCLE, AND THE MEASUREMENT OF ANGLES. DEFINITIONS. 1. A CIRCLE is a plane figure, bounded by a curved, line,...equally distant from a point within, called the centre. The bounding line is called the circumference. 2. A RADIUS is a straight line drawn from the centre... | |
| Edward Brooks - 1863 - 350 σελίδες
...latitude and longitude, difference of time, etc. 203. A Circle is a plane surface bounded by a curve line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre. 204. The bounding line is called the circumference; the distance from the centre to the circumference... | |
| Marcius Willson - 1863 - 356 σελίδες
...quadrilaterals. A Circle is a plane figure inclosed by a single curved line, called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. In popular language, however, the circumference itself is often called a circle. Circular. Semicircles... | |
| Stoddard A. Felter - 1864 - 412 σελίδες
...pyramid. Fig. 22 represents the frustum of a cone. 356. A Sphere is a solid, bounded by a convex surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre; as, Fig. 23. 357. A Spheroid is a solid, generated by the revolution of an ellipse about one of -p-llr... | |
| William Frothingham Bradbury - 1864 - 324 σελίδες
...the altitude of IJ K L. 33. A CIRCLE is a plane bounded by a curved line, called the circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre ; as ABD E. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called... | |
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