| James Bates Thomson - 1850 - 352 σελίδες
...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... | |
| George Roberts Perkins - 1850 - 332 σελίδες
...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;... | |
| Anna Cabot Lowell - 1850 - 412 σελίδες
...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,... | |
| Adrien Marie Legendre - 1852 - 436 σελίδες
...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... | |
| Charles Davies - 1854 - 436 σελίδες
...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... | |
| James Bates Thomson - 1855 - 436 σελίδες
...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... | |
| George Roberts Perkins - 1856 - 460 σελίδες
...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... | |
| Adrien Marie Legendre, Charles Davies - 1857 - 442 σελίδες
...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... | |
| Sarah S. Cornell - 1857 - 422 σελίδες
...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... | |
| Bourdon (M., Louis Pierre Marie) - 1858 - 262 σελίδες
...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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