 | Wilshire S. Courtney - Agriculture - 1869 - 532 pages
...to AB at its centre is called the minor diameter. 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. 22. A Spheroid is a solid, generated by the revolution of an ellipse about one of its diameters.... | |
 | George Augustus Walton, Electa Nobles Lincoln Walton - Arithmetic - 1869 - 350 pages
...is a plane surface. Fig. 1. Fig 2. 326. A plane surface, as in Pig. 1, bounded by a line, every part of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre, is a Circle. 3*37. The bounding line is called the Circumference of the circle. Anj' part of the circumference... | |
 | George Augustus Walton, Electa N. L. Walton - Arithmetic - 1871 - 348 pages
...surface of a slate, is a plane surface. 336. A plane surface, as in Fig. 1, bounded by a line, every part of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre, is a Circle. 337. The bounding line is called the Circumference of the circle. Any part of the circumference... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - Geometry - 1872 - 262 pages
...CIRCLE. DEFINITIONS. 1. A Circle is a piano figure 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. 2. The Radius of a circle is a lino drawn from the centre to the circumference ; as C D.... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - Arithmetic - 1872 - 350 pages
...at 20c. a cubic foot? Ans. $8.48. 537. SPHERES. — A Sphere is a body bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. RULES. — I. To find the surface of a sphere, multiply the square of the diameter by 3.14159. IL To... | |
 | Charles Davies - Geometry - 1872 - 464 pages
...cone, along lines which are called elements of cotUact. 12. A SPHERE is a volume bounded by a surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre. A sphere may be generated by a semicircle revolving about its diameter as an axis. 13. A RADIUS of... | |
 | F. L. Sylvester - Machine design - 1910 - 376 pages
...supplement of ace. 14. A Circle is a continuous curved line, Fig. 11, or the space enclosed by such line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center. 15. The distance across a circle, measured through the center, is the diameter. The distance... | |
 | Charles H. Gleason, Charles Benajah Gilbert - Arithmetic - 1910 - 288 pages
...its diameter 8 feet at the base ? THE SPHERE 339. A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center. The diameter of a sphere is any straight line passing through the center and ending at... | |
 | George Soulé - Business mathematics - 1910 - 1042 pages
...Octagon. !Nonagnn. Decagon. Hexagon. 702. A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a regular curved line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center. • For the definition of tin- Diameter, the Circumference, llir Radius, a Chord, an Arc,... | |
 | Architectural drawing - 1910 - 430 pages
...perpendicular distance between the bases. SPHERES. A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center. The radius of a sphere is a straight line drawn from the center to the surface. The diameter... | |
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A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center. 
