 | Euclid, Dionysius Lardner - Euclid's Elements - 1828 - 542 pages
...the bases are parallelograms. It is evident that all the sides of a prism are equal. (67) DEI?. — The altitude of a prism is the perpendicular distance between its bases. (68) DEF. — A prism is said to be right or oblique, according as its sides are perpendicular or oblique... | |
 | George Roberts Perkins - Geometry - 1847 - 326 pages
...planes or parallelograms, taken together, constitute the lateral or convex surface of the prism. 3. The altitude of a. prism is the perpendicular distance between its bases ; and its length is a line equal to any one of its lateral edges, as AF or BG; &c. 4. A right prism... | |
 | James S. Russell - Arithmetic - 1847 - 340 pages
...parallel planes of any rectilinear figure, and whose convex surface is composed of parallelograms. 40. The altitude of a prism is the perpendicular distance between its bases. NJf 41. A right prism has its sides perpendicular to its bases. 42. The contents of a prism is the... | |
 | George Roberts Perkins - Geometry - 1850 - 332 pages
...planes or parallelograms, taken together, constitute the lateral or convex surface of the prism. 3. The altitude of a prism is the perpendicular distance between its bases; and its length is a line equal to any one of its lateral edges, as AF or BG, &c. bases ; then each... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Geometry - 1868 - 284 pages
...surface of the prism; the |^n -N. intersections of the lateral faces are called \ / lateral edges. 3. The ALTITUDE of a prism is the perpendicular distance between its bases. 4. AR1dHTPR1SMis one whose lateral edges are perpendicular to the bases. In a right prism, each lateral... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - Geometry - 1872 - 262 pages
...(Corollary.') The other faces are parallelograms. The equal parallel polygons are called bases; &$AB and CD. 6. The Altitude of a prism is the perpendicular distance between its bases ; as E F. D 7. A Right Prism is one whose other faces are perpendicular to its bases. (Corollary) Its... | |
 | Edward Olney - Geometry - 1872 - 472 pages
...Prism is a right prism whose bases are regular polygons; whence its faces are equal rectangles. 460. The Altitude of a prism is the perpendicular distance between its bases : the altitude of a right prism is equal to any one of its lateral edges. 461. A Truncated Prism is... | |
 | Edward Olney - Geometry - 1872 - 562 pages
...Prism is a right prism whose bases are regular polygons; whence its faces are equal rectangles. 460. The Altitude of a prism is the perpendicular distance between its bases : the altitude of a right prism is equal to any one of its lateral edges. 461. A Truncated Prism is... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - Arithmetic - 1874 - 444 pages
...ends or bases are any similar, equal, and parallel plane figures, and whose sides are parallelograms. The Altitude of a prism is the perpendicular distance between its bases. A prism whose bases are triangles (see Figure) is called a Triangular Prism. If the bases and sides are... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1874 - 526 pages
...Prisms take their names from the form of their bases, as triangular, quadrangular, pentagonal, etc. 914. The Altitude of a prism is the perpendicular distance between its bases. 915. A Paralldoplpedou is a prism bounded by six parallelograms, the opposite ones being parallel.... | |
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The Altitude of a prism is the perpendicular distance between its bases. 
