 | Geography - 1820 - 352 pages
...In the same way may any or all the centres be found. f I APPENDIX. OF THE GLOBES. A Globe or Sphere, is a round body, every part of whose surface is equally distant from its centre. Artificial globes are of two kinds, viz. the terrestrial, which exhibits a representation... | |
 | James Ryan - Astronomy - 1827 - 408 pages
...OF THE TERRESTRIAL GLOBE. i CHAPTER I. Definitions and Preliminary Remarks. 1. A GLOBE, or SPHERE, is a round body, every part of "whose surface is equally distant from a point -within, called its centre. 2. Artificial Globes are of two kinds, terrestrial and celestial. The artificial globes... | |
 | First steps - Astronomy - 1828 - 456 pages
...more about the stars. Do you understand what a Globe is ? ELIZABETH. A Globe is a round ball, or solid body, every part of whose surface is equally distant from a point within it, called its centre. MOTHER. When su«ha body has the different parts of the earth and sea drawn... | |
 | Joseph Guy - Astronomy - 1832 - 412 pages
...are three parallel lines ; and gh and ik (fig. 6,) are two parallel semicircles. A Globe or Sphere is a round body, every part of whose surface is equally distant from a point within, called its centre. A Spheroid is a figure nearly spherical, either oblong or oblate. The earth is a spheroid,... | |
 | John Rowbotham - English language - 1838 - 404 pages
...convulsions. Sphere, s. — aij>aipa (sphaira), a ball, or any round body ; as a globe. A round solid body, every part of whose surface is equally distant from a. point within it, called the centre ; also, compass of knowledge, or action ; province. Stole, s. — aro\ri (stole),... | |
 | Joseph Guy - Astronomy - 1845 - 370 pages
...are three parallel lines ; and gh and ik (fig. 6,) are two parallel semicircles. A Globe or Sphere is a round body, every part of whose surface is equally distant from a point within, called its centre. A Spheroid is a figure nearly spherical, either oblong or oblate. The earth is a spheroid,... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - Astronomical models - 1846 - 122 pages
...and which if continued to any length will never meet. What is a globe or sphere ? A globe or sphere is a round body every part of whose surface is equally distant from a point within, called its centre. What is a spheroid ? A spheroid is a figure nearly spherical, either oblong or oblate.... | |
 | John Williams (of Lancaster, O.) - English language - 1860 - 410 pages
...circular base, and tapering gradually to the top like a sugar loaf. A SPHERE is a solid, every point of whose surface is equally distant from a point within called the center. 19. Of the Platonic Bodies. The PLATONIC BODIES are five regular geometrical solids, first described... | |
 | Philotus Dean - Arithmetic - 1874 - 472 pages
...part that remains after the top is cut off by a plane parallel with the base. A sphere is a solid, every part of whose surface is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. The diameter of a sphere is a straight line passing through the centre, and terminating... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1877 - 402 pages
...after the top has been cut off by a plane parallel to the base. 588. A Sphere is a solid, every point of whose surface is equally distant from a point within, called the center. 589. The Diameter of a sphere is a straight line passing through the center, and terminating in the... | |
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R (fig. 4.) ab and cd and ef (fig. 5,) are three parallel lines ; and gh and ik (fig. 6,) are two parallel semicircles. A Globe or Sphere is a round body, every part of whose surface is equally distant from a point within, called its centre. A Spheroid... 
