 | James Ferguson - Astronomy - 1809 - 574 pages
...epochs, divisions, subdivisions, and measures. Circle, is a plane figure bounded by a uniformly-curved line called the circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a certain point within the same, called the centre. Diameter is a right line passing through the centre,... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1811 - 516 pages
...a plain figure, bounded by three lines or 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... | |
 | Anthony Nesbit, W. Little - Measurement - 1822 - 916 pages
...equal parts, called minutes; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds, &c. 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... | |
 | Catharine Esther Beecher - Arithmetic - 1833 - 296 pages
...Note. This answer is obtained by finding the cube root of 614125. A circle is a figure contained by one line called the circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre. The diameter of a circle, is a line drawn through the centre, dividing... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1834 - 300 pages
...is the distance of the centre from either corner ? A CIRCLE is a plane .surface bounded by one curve line, called the circumference, every part of which is equally distant from the centre. A straight line through the I centre of a circle is called a diameter, and a straight line from the... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - Astronomy - 1838 - 160 pages
...particular time in a certain point of the heavens.| • See Fig. 5, Plate VI. t See Fig. 7, Plate VI. A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, called the cir cumference, every part of which is equally distant from the centre. The diameter of a circle is... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1839 - 300 pages
...distance from each other are the opposite corners ? A CIRCLE is a plane surface bounded by one curve line, called the circumference, every part of which is equally distant from the centre. A straight line through the ff centre of a circle is called aP diameter, and a straight line \ from... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1839 - 300 pages
...is the distance of the centre from either corner ? A CIRCLE is a plane surface bounded by one curve line, called the circumference, every part of which is equally distant from the centre. A straight line through the F= centre of a circle is called a \ diameter, and a straight line \ from... | |
 | John William Norie - Nautical astronomy - 1839 - 826 pages
...which hath length, breadth, and thickness, and its bounds or extremes are Superficies. nbtmarUeM oi bar A CIRCLE is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, called the CIRCUMFERENCE, as ABn, which is in every part equally distant from a point within it, called the CENTRE, as c; it... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - 1840 - 302 pages
...is the distance of the centre from either corner ? A CIRCLE is a plane surface bounded by one curve line, called the circumference, every part of which is equally distant from the centre. A straight line through the B centre of a circle is called a lj diameter, and a straight line ^ = from... | |
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A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, called the circumference, every part of which is equally distant from the centre. 
