| Robert Simson - Trigonometry - 1762 - 488 pages
...plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is fuch that all ftraight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. XVI. And this point is called the center of the circle. XVII. A diameter of a circle is a ftraight... | |
| Robert Simson - Trigonometry - 1775 - 534 pages
...plane figure contained by one line, which is Called the circumference, and is fuch that all ftraight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are equal to one another : XVI. And this point is called the centre of the circle. rXVII. A diameter of a circle is a ftraight... | |
| Euclid - 1781 - 552 pages
...plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is fuch that all ftraight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are equal to one another : XVI. And this point is called the centre of the circle. XVII. A diameter of a circle is a ftraight... | |
| Euclid - Euclid's Elements - 1789 - 296 pages
...than a right angle. 12. A : \ 12. A figure is that which is inclofed by one or more boundaries. 13. A circle is a plane figure, contained by one line, called the- circumference, which is every where equally diftant from a point within the figure, called the centre. 14. Rectilineal... | |
| Euclid, John Playfair - Euclid's Elements - 1795 - 462 pages
...plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is fuch that all ftraight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. XII. And this point is called the centre of the circle. XIII. A diameter of a circle is a ftraight... | |
| Alexander Ingram - Trigonometry - 1799 - 374 pages
...plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is fuch that all ftraight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are equal to one another: XVI. And this point is called the centre of the circle. Definition A. Any ftraight line drawn from... | |
| Robert Simson - Trigonometry - 1804 - 530 pages
...plain figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is fuch that all ftraight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. - X/K .\ XVI. And this point is called the center of the circle. ^ XVII. A diameter of a circle is... | |
| John Playfair - Mathematics - 1806 - 320 pages
...is inclosed by one or more boundaries. XL A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that all straight...figure to the circumference are equal to one another. XII. And this point is called the centre of the circle. XHL A diameter of a circle is a straight line... | |
| Robert Simson - Trigonometry - 1806 - 546 pages
...boundaries. XV. Book I. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called l •»•j< the circumference, and is such that all straight lines...figure to the circumference, are equal to one another:. XVI. And this point is called the centre of the circle. XVH. A diameter of • circle is a straight... | |
| Edward Edwards - Perspective - 1806 - 414 pages
...plain figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is fuch, that all ftraight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. The point from which fuch lines are drawn, is called the center of the circle. A 'diameter of a circle,... | |
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