 A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, called the circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.  Sight Arithmetic - Page 103by William Frothingham Bradbury - 1895 - 166 pagesFull view - About this book
 | David Steel - 1805
...gradually tapers to the vertex. A Sphere, or globe, is a solid bounded by one uniform 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 rotation of a semi-circle about its diameter. The.i4.ra... | |
 | Samuel Webber - Mathematics - 1808
...triangular, or square, or hexagonal, 8. A sphere is a solid, bounded by one continued 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, which... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1809
...GLOBE, a round or spherical body, more usually called a sphere, bounded by one uniform convex surface, every point of .which is equally distant from a point within called its centre. Euclid defines the globe or sphere, to be a solid figure described by the revolution of... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809
...GLOBE, a round or spherical body, more usually called a sphere, bounded by one uniform convex surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called its centre. Euclid defines Ihr globe or sphere, to bč a solid figure described by the revolution of... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1811
...sides." " A circle is a plane figure, bounded by a curve line called the circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre." An axiom is a manifest truth not requiring a demonstration : The following are examples of axioms,... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811
...«ides." " A circle is a plane figure, bounded liy a curre line called the circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre." AD axiom is a manifest truth not requiring a detnonstratipn : The following areexamplcs of axioms,... | |
 | Oliver Welch - Arithmetic - 1812 - 231 pages
...find the solidity of a globe, or spher-e. NB A globe or sphere is a round body boundedby a surface every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre ; a line passing from one side to the other through the centre is called the diameter, or axis. RULE.... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1819
...GLOBE, a round or spherical body, more usually called a sphere, bounded by one uniform convex surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called its centre. Euclid defines the globe or sphere, to be a solid figure described by the revolution of... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - 1822
...height, and take one third of the product. A sphere is a solid, bounded by one continued convex surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. Rule for finding the surface of a sphere or any segment or zone thereof. Multiply the circumference... | |
 | Anthony Nesbit, W. Little - Measurement - 1822
...48. The arc of a quadrant contains 90 degrees, which is the measure of a right angle. 49. An ellipse is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, called the circumference; but as the figure is not a circle, it is described from two points in the loneest diameter, called... | |
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