| Mathematics - 1801 - 658 pages
...is a round pyramid, having a circular base. 8. A sfhere is a solid, bounded by one continued convex surface, ' every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. The sphere may be conceived to be formed by the revolution of a semicircle about its diameter, which... | |
| David Steel - 1805 - 392 pages
...whence it gradually tapers to the vertex. A Sphere, or globe, is a solid bounded by one uniform convex surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. The sphere may be conceived to be formed by the rotation of a semi-circle about its diameter. The.i4.ra... | |
| William Nicholson - 1809 - 752 pages
...species. GLOBE, a round or spherical body, more usually called a sphere, bounded by one uniform convex surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called its centre. Euclid defines Ihr globe or sphere, to bč a solid figure described by the revolution of... | |
| Jeremiah Joyce - Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc - 1810 - 356 pages
...= area of base. 9 X30 -=-3 = 9X10 = 90 feet. 9. A sphere is a solid bounded by one continued convex surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. ] 0, To find the solid contents of a sphere, " Multiply the surface by one-third of the radius, and... | |
| Edward Augustus Kendall - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1811 - 516 pages
...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 following are examples of axioms,... | |
| Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 458 pages
...«ides." " A circle is a plane figure, bounded liy a curre line called the circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre." AD axiom is a manifest truth not requiring a detnonstratipn : The following areexamplcs of axioms,... | |
| Oliver Welch - Arithmetic - 1812 - 236 pages
...CASE X. fofnd the solidity of a globe, or sphere. NB A globe or sphere is a round body boundedby a surface every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre ; a line passing from one side to the other through the centre is called the diameter, or axis. RULE.... | |
| William Nicholson - Natural history - 1819 - 394 pages
...radius of GLOBE, a round or spherical body, more usually called a sphere, bounded by one uniform convex surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called its centre. Euclid defines the globe or sphere, to be a solid figure described by the revolution of... | |
| William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 308 pages
...perpendicular height, and take one third of the product. A sphere is a solid, bounded by one continued convex surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. Rule for finding the surface of a sphere or any segment or zone thereof. Multiply the circumference... | |
| James Mitchell - Mathematics - 1823 - 666 pages
...retracted by u glass prism. SPECULUM, the tamt a* Mirror. si'Mi.f; i;, or GLOBE, in Geontf' try, is a solid contained under one uniform surface, every...point of which is equally distant from a point within, railed the centre of the sphere, and may be conceived to be generated by the revolution of a semi-circle... | |
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