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" A sphere is a solid figure described by the revolution of a semicircle about its diameter, which remains unmoved. "
The Artillerists̓ Manual, and British Soldiers̓ Compendium - Page 323
by Frederick Augustus Griffiths - 1859 - 354 pages
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Mathematics: Compiled from the Best Authors and Intended to be the ..., Volume 2

1801 - 658 pages
...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 about its diameter, which remains fixed. 9. The axis of a solid is a line, drawn from the midd« of one end to the middle of the opposite end...
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The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ..., Volume 3

William Nicholson - 1809 - 700 pages
...distant from a point within called its centre. Euclid defines the globe or sphere, to be a solid figure described by the revolution of a semi-circle about its diameter, which remains unmoved. Also, its axis is the fixed line or diameter abeut which the semi-circle revolves ; and its...
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The British encyclopedia, or, Dictionary of arts and sciences, Volume 3

William Nicholson - 1809 - 752 pages
...distant from a point within called its centre. Euclid defines Ihr globe or sphere, to bč a solid figure described by the revolution of a semi-circle about its diameter, which remains unmoved. Also, its axis is the fixed line or diameter about which the semi-circle revolves ; and its...
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The Elements of Euclid; viz. the first six books, together with the eleventh ...

Euclides - 1814 - 560 pages
...similar, and parallel to one another: and the others parallelograms. XIV. A sphere is a solid figure described by the revolution of a semicircle about its diameter, which remains unmoved. •'XV. The axis of a sphere is the fixed straight line about which the semicircle revolves....
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The Elements of Euclid: Viz. the First Six Books, Together with the Eleventh ...

Euclides - 1816 - 588 pages
...similar, and parallel to one another : and the others parallelograms. XIV. A sphere is a solid figure described by the revolution of a semicircle about its diameter, which remains unmoved. 'XV. The axis of a sphere is the fixed straight line about which the semicircle revolves....
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American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of ..., Volume 6

William Nicholson - 1819 - 394 pages
...distant from a point within, called its centre. Euclid defines the globe or sphere, to be a solid figure described by the revolution of a semi-circle about its diameter, which remains unmoved. Also, its axis is the fixed line or diameter about which the semi-circle revolves ; and its...
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An introduction to geography and astronomy, by the use of the globes and ...

Edward Bruce (bookseller.) - 1821 - 418 pages
...perfectly round body; its middle point is called the centre. A globe, or sphere, is a solid, formed by the revolution of a semicircle about its diameter, which remains fixed. The axis of a sphere is the right line about which the semicircle revolves. 6. A great circle divides the...
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A Popular Course of Pure and Mixed Mathematics ...: With Tables of ...

Peter Nicholson - 1825 - 1046 pages
...XIII. OEOMBTBT. rallel to one another; and the others parallelograms. XIV. A sphere is a solid figure described by the revolution of a semicircle about its diameter, which remains unmoved. XV. The axis of a sphere is the fixed straight line about which the semicircle revolve»....
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The Elements of Euclid: The Errors by which Theon, Or Others, Have Long ...

Robert Simson - 1827 - 546 pages
...similar, and parallel to one another; and the others parallelograms. XIV. A sphere is a solid figure described by the revolution of a semicircle about its diameter, which remains unmoved. XV. The axis of a sphere is the fixed straight line about which the semicircle revolves. XVI....
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An Introduction to Mensuration and Practical Geometry

John Bonnycastle - 1829 - 256 pages
...quadrangular pyramid; when a pentagon, it is called a pentagonal pyramid, &c. 8. A sphere is a solid described by the revolution of a semicircle about its diameter, which remains fixed. 9. The centre of a sphere is a point within the figure, every where equally distant from the convex...
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