 | Mathematics - 1801 - 658 pages
...cone is a round pyramid, having a circular base. , 4. 8. A sphere is a solid, bounded by one continued convex surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, call- LJL!| ed the centre. The sphere may -jj', be conceived to be formed by the revolution of a semicircle... | |
 | David Steel - 1805 - 392 pages
...pyramid, whose base is a circle, whence it gradually tapers to the vertex. A Sphere, or globe, is a solid bounded by one uniform convex surface, every point...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.... | |
 | Charles Vyse - Arithmetic - 1806 - 342 pages
...Parallel Rectangles, and the four Sides are Quadrangles. Fig. 22. A Sphere is a Solid bounded by a convex Surface, every Point of which is equally distant from a Point C, within, called the Centre. The .\xis, or Diameter of a Sphere, is the right Lin? AB. Fig. 23. A... | |
 | Samuel Webber - Mathematics - 1808 - 520 pages
...prism ; being triangular, or square, or hexagonal, 8. 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* The sphere may be conceived to be formed by the revolution of a semicircle about its diameter,... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 752 pages
...Jnssieu. Essential character : calyx superior, trifid ; corolla equal, trifid ; capsule three celled ; seeds very many. There are four species. GLOBE, a...from a point within called its centre. Euclid defines Ihr globe or sphere, to bè a solid figure described by the revolution of a semi-circle about its diameter,... | |
 | Oliver Welch - Arithmetic - 1812 - 236 pages
...'c.'' to find the solidity of a globe, or spher-e. 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... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 714 pages
...gland. Sec GLAND. GLOBE, in geometry, one of the round bodiet more usually called л sauere: it is bounded by one uniform convex surface, every point of which is equally distant from a certain point within »ailed the centre. ForEiu-lid'sdefinition.eeethearticleGEOMiTRT. If <l denote... | |
 | Charles Vyse - Arithmetic - 1815 - 340 pages
...parallel rectangles, and the four sides are quadrangles. Fig. 22. A sphere is a solid bounded by a convex surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point C,. within, called the centre. / The axis, or diameter of a sphere, is the right Ifne AB. Fig. 23.... | |
 | 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
...SPECULUM, the same as Mirror. SPHERK. or ULOBE, in Geometry, is a solid contained under one uniform surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre of the sphere, and may be conceived to be generated by the revolution ot a semi-circle Rbout... | |
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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. 
