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No. 20 is termed a Hexagon,
21 a Heptagon,
22 an Odtagon,
23 a Nonagon,
24 a Decagon,
25 an Undecagon,
26 a Duodecagon,
^becaufe it has<
C 6 fides or angles.
10
11
12
7
8
9
No. 27, is a figure fo well known that it is unnecefiary to
fay any thing about it.
The fame may be faid of the Semi and Quadrant, Nos. 28
and 29, the one being an half, and the other one-fourth of a
complete circle.
No. 30, is called the Greater Segment * of a circle, becaufe
it is the greateft part of a circle cut in two by a right line; and
of courfe No. 31 is the Leifer t Segment, becaufe it is not equal
to a femi. But if we fpeak of a fegment without regard to
cpmparifon, it is a figure contained between a chord and an
arch of a circle.
* Segment, from fegmentum, a piece cut off.
•f Lefler. This way of forming the comparative adjective is by Dr. Johnfon and Lowth
confidered as barbarous ; but as cuftom has fo long prevailed in the ufe of it, and as the ear
feems to prefer lefler rather than lefs, I thought it would fuit the readers befl to retain it.
No.
No. 20 is termed a Hexagon,
21 a Heptagon,
22 an Odtagon,
23 a Nonagon,
24 a Decagon,
25 an Undecagon,
26 a Duodecagon,
^becaufe it has<
C 6 fides or angles.
10
11
12
7
8
9
No. 27, is a figure fo well known that it is unnecefiary to
fay any thing about it.
The fame may be faid of the Semi and Quadrant, Nos. 28
and 29, the one being an half, and the other one-fourth of a
complete circle.
No. 30, is called the Greater Segment * of a circle, becaufe
it is the greateft part of a circle cut in two by a right line; and
of courfe No. 31 is the Leifer t Segment, becaufe it is not equal
to a femi. But if we fpeak of a fegment without regard to
cpmparifon, it is a figure contained between a chord and an
arch of a circle.
* Segment, from fegmentum, a piece cut off.
•f Lefler. This way of forming the comparative adjective is by Dr. Johnfon and Lowth
confidered as barbarous ; but as cuftom has fo long prevailed in the ufe of it, and as the ear
feems to prefer lefler rather than lefs, I thought it would fuit the readers befl to retain it.
No.