| James Bates Thomson - 1847 - 434 σελίδες
...the diameter by 3.14159. (Leg. Y. 11. Sell.) Note. — The circumference of a circle is a curve line, all the points of which are equally 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... | |
| James Robinson (of Boston.) - 1847 - 304 σελίδες
...cone. 7. A SPHERE, or GLOBE, is a solid, bounded by a convex surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. The sphere may be conceived to be formed by the revolution of a semicircle about its diameter. The figure ACB represents a sphere. 8.... | |
| James Bates Thomson - 1847 - 426 σελίδες
...the diameter by 3.14159. (Leg. V. 11. Sch.) Note. — The circumference of a circle is a curve line, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within^ called the ce-ndre. The diameter of a. circle is a straight line which passes through the centre, and is terminated... | |
| James Bates Thomson - 1848 - 432 σελίδες
...the diameter by 3.14159. (Leg. V. 11. Sch.) Note.—The circumference of a circle is a curve line, all the points of which are equally 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... | |
| J. M. Scribner - 1849 - 286 σελίδες
...axis. 5. A spheroid is a solid, generated by the revolution of an ellipse about either of its axes. 6. A sphere is a solid, terminated by a curved surface,...which are equally distant from a point within, called the center. A sphere may be described by the revolution of a semicircle about a diameter. 7. A radius... | |
| Elias Loomis - 1849 - 252 σελίδες
...squares, and one with pentagons. BOOK IX. SPHERICAL GEOMETRY. Definitions. 1. 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 sphere may be conceived to be described by the revolution of a semicircle ADB, about... | |
| Rufus Putnam - 1849 - 402 σελίδες
...of one end to the middle of the opposite end. 10. A SPHERE, or GLOBE, is a solid bounded by a curve surface, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre. 11. A hemisphere is half a sphere. 12. The axis or diameter of a sphere is a line passing through the... | |
| Almon Ticknor - 1849 - 156 σελίδες
...SECTION 4. — THE CIRCLE AND MEASUREMENT or ANGLES. 27. The circumference of a circle is a curved line, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the centre. Every straight line, CA, CE, ,CD, drawn from the centre to the circumference is called a radius, or... | |
| Charles Davies - 1849 - 372 σελίδες
...are in the convex surface of the cone, and the pyramid is said to be inscribed in the cone. 8. The sphere is a solid terminated by a curved surface, all the points of whicn are equally distant from a point within. called the centre. The sphere may be conceived to be... | |
| George Roberts Perkins - 1850 - 332 σελίδες
...circumscribed 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...to be generated by the revolution of a semicircle DAE about its diameter DE; for the surface described in this movement, by the curve DAE, will have... | |
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