| Charles Butler - Mathematics - 1814 - 528 pages
...circumference. 73. After Def. 17. add the following, which is in continual use, viz. " a radius, or semidiameter of a circle, is a straight line drawn from the centre to the circumference." . circle into two equal segments, called semi-circles: but if the straight line which cuts the circle... | |
| Charles Butler - 1814 - 582 pages
...circumference. 73. After Def. 17- add the following, which is in continual use, viz. " a radius, or semidiameter of a circle, is a straight line drawn from the centre to the circumference." circle into two equal segments, called semi-circles : but if the straight line which cuts the circle... | |
| John Imison - Art - 1822 - 498 pages
...18.) every where equally distant from a point E within the circle, which is called the centre. S3. The radius of a circle is a straight line drawn from the centre to the circumference, as E F. (Fig. 18.) The radius is the opening of the compass when a circle is described; and consequently... | |
| Sidney Edwards Morse - Atlases - 1822 - 690 pages
...point within it, called the centre. The circumference of a circle is the curve line, which bounds it. The radius of a circle is a straight line drawn from the centre to the circumference ; and the diameter is a straight line drawn through the centre from one side of the circumference to... | |
| Sidney Edwards Morse - Atlases - 1822 - 706 pages
...point within it, called the centre. The circumference of a circle is the curve line, which bounds it. The radius of a circle is a straight line drawn from the centre to the circumference; and the diameter is a straight line drawn through the centre from one side of the circumference to... | |
| Sidney Edwards Morse - Atlases - 1822 - 706 pages
...point within it, called the centre. The circumference of a circle is the curve line, which bounds it. The radius of a circle is a straight line drawn from the centre to the circumference; and the diameter is a straight line drawn through the centre from one side of the circumference to... | |
| Robertson Buchanan - Machinery - 1823 - 440 pages
...the circumference, are equal to one another, and this point is called the centre of the circle. 57- The radius of a circle, is a straight line drawn from the centre to the circumference. The word radii is used, when more than one such line is spoken of. 58. The diameter of a circle, is... | |
| John Nicholson (civil engineer.) - Great Britain - 1825 - 1008 pages
...circle, which is called tie centre. 42. Equal figures are such as have the same area or contents. 44. The radius of a circle is a straight line drawn from the centre to the circumference, as EF (Fig. \8J. The radius is the openis: of the compass when a circle is described ; and consequently... | |
| John Nicholson - Machinery - 1825 - 838 pages
...circle, which is called the centre. 42. Equal figures are such as have the same area or contents. 44. The radius of a circle is a straight line drawn from the centre to the circumference, as EF (Fig. ]8J. The radius is the opening of the compass when a circle is described ; and consequently... | |
| John Gummere - Surveying - 1828 - 404 pages
...distant from a certain point within the circle ; and this point is called the centre, Fig. 16. 35. The radius of a circle is a straight line drawn from the centre to the circumference, as CB, Fig 17. 36. The diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated... | |
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