...the diameters also are equal, and each double of the radius. 439. It will be demonstrated art. 452, that every section of a sphere made by a plane is a circle. This being supposed, we call a great circle the section made by a plane which passes through the centre,...

...called rectangular, isosceles, equilateral, in the same cases that a plane triangle is. PROPOSITION I. Every section of a sphere made by a plane is a circle. Let An Em be the plane, draw CO * perpendicular to it, which consequently, (by Euclid, Book XI. Def....

...sector, ; as DCF or FCH, describes a solid, which is named a spherical sector. PROPOSITION I. THEOREM. Every section of a sphere, made by a plane, is a circle. Let AMB be the section, made by a plane, in the sphere whose centre is C. From the point C, draw CO...

...the diameters also are equal, and each double of the radius. 439. It will be demonstrated art. 452, that every section of a sphere made by a plane is a circle. This being supposed, we call a great circle the section made by a plane which passes through the centre,...

...the diameters also are equal, and each double of the radius. 439. It will be demonstrated art. 452, that every section of a sphere made by a plane is a circle. This being supposed, we call a great circle the section made by a plane which passes through the centre,...

...be circles, provided that the axis of the cylinder, or cone, tend to the centre of the sphere. For every section of a sphere made by a plane is a circle, and every section of a right cylinder, or cone, perpendicular to the axis, is also a circle. Let the...

...(W. Ch. v; L. 72—84; Leg. 53—7; C. 559—615.) SPHEEICAL TRIGONOMETRY. (21.) General Principles. Every section of a sphere made by a plane is a Circle. The distance between the poles of two great circles is equal to the inclination of their planes. The...

...the centre, the equation of the sphere is the same for all positions of the rectangular axes. 208. Every section of a sphere made by a plane is a circle. Let the inclination of the cutting plane to the plane of xy be 0; and let us assume the common section...

...solidity of the frustum of the cone is measured by i«OP x (OA2+PD2+ AO x PD). PROPOSITION VII. THEOREM. Every section of a sphere,' made by a plane, is a circle. Let AMB be a section, made by a plane, in the sphere whose centre is C. From the point C, draw CO perpendicular...

...INDEX. CHAPTER I. ON CERTAIN PROPERTIES OF SPHERICAL TRIANGLES. AВТ. ГЛОК 1. DEF. A Sphere 1 2, 3. Every section of a sphere made by a plane is a circle 1 4. Objects of SPHERICAL TRIGONOMETRY 2 6. Def. POLES and Axis of a circle 3 8. The Pole of a circle...