 | Richard Wormell - 1870 - 276 sider
...Circumferences.— Use of compasses. 43. A circle is a figure contained by one line, termed the circumference, such that all straight lines drawn from a certain...within the figure to the circumference are equal. If we place one of the points of a pair of compasses upon a perfectly even board, and the compasses... | |
 | John Bruce Norton - 1870 - 329 sider
...allusion to it as " a plain figure contained by one line called the circumference, and such that all right lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference are equal to one another?" Why then should we stumble or 'be offended at the use of such terms as " Estopell," "Alimony," " Certiorari,"... | |
 | 1871
...Euclid and Montucla have written in vain. According to their definition, the circumference of a circle 'is such, that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure ,' etc. How in the world could such a point be otherwise than ' within the figure?' IB there any such... | |
 | Popular educator - 1872
...contained or bounded by a canal line, called the circumference or periphery, which is snch that aU straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference are equal to each other. This point Kg. 6. Fig. 7. is called the centre of the circle, and each of tho straight... | |
 | Henry Major - 1873
...more boundaries. , XV. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, called the circumference, such that all straight lines drawn from a certain...figure to the circumference are equal to one another. XVI. This point is called the centre. XVII. A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through... | |
 | Lewis Sergeant - 1873
...figures, are limited by more than four straight lines. 34. A circle is a figure contained by one line, called the circumference, and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the circle to the circumference are equal to each other. 35. This point is called the centre of the circle;... | |
 | Edward Atkins - 1874
...boundary is the extremity of anything. 14. A figure is that which is enclosed by one Or more boundaries. 15. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line,...And this point is called the centre of the circle, [and any straight line drawn from the centre to the circumference is called a radius of the circle].... | |
 | James McCosh - 1874 - 451 sider
...any length in a straight line ;" " There may be such a figure as a circle, that is, a plane figure such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure are equal to one another ;" and that " A circle may be described from any centre at any distance from... | |
 | Robert Potts - 1876 - 403 sider
...is the extremity ot any tM%. XIV. A figure is that which is enclosed TiV one or more boundaries. XV. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line,...figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. XVL And this point i* called the center of the circle. xvn. A diameter of a circle is a straight line... | |
 | George Elliot Voyle, G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson - 1876 - 581 sider
...where leather work is made up. Chuttack — An Indian weight, the sixteenth part of a seer. Circle — A plane figure, contained by one line which is called...figure to the circumference are equal to one another. This point is called the centre of the circle. Circumference, vide Circle. Ciroumferenta — A small... | |
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A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. 
