 | Jeremiah Day - Measurement - 1815 - 388 pages
...7.6631159 2.1816950 ' i 4 ' • SECTION IV.* • THE CYLINDER, CONE, AND SPHERE. ART. 61. DEFINITION IA solid described by the revolution of a rectangle about...are evidently equal and parallel circles. And the aocis, which is a line passing through the middle of the cylinder, is perpendicular to the bases. The... | |
 | Peter Nicholson - Architecture - 1823 - 210 pages
...hereafter. » i GEOMETRY OF SOLIDS. DEFINITIONS OF SOLIDS. 214. A RIGHT CYLINDER is that which is formed by the revolution of a rectangle about one of its sides ; the line round which the rectangle revolves is called the axis (plural axes); and the circles generated... | |
 | John Playfair - Geometry - 1829 - 210 pages
...of a cone is the circle about which the describing line revolves. 14. A cylinder is a solid figure described by the revolution of a rectangle about one of its sides, which remains fixed. 1 5. The axis of a cylinder is the fixed straight line about which the rectangle... | |
 | Jeremiah Day - Logarithms - 1831 - 418 pages
...Surfaces. 1.7320508)0.1178513 6.0000000 1.0000000 3.46410160.4714045 8.6602540 2.1816950 Solidities. SECTION IV." THE CYLINDER, CONE, AND SPHERE. ART....rectangle about one of its sides. The ends or bases arc evidently equal and parallel circles. And the axis, which is a line passing through the middle... | |
 | Jeremiah Day - Measurement - 1836 - 418 pages
...6.0000000 3.4641016 0.1178513" 1.0000000 0.4714045 7.6631189 2.1816950 8 12 20.645721-8 8.6602540 20 SECTION IV.* THE CYLINDER, CONE, AND SPHERE. ART. 61. DEFINITION I. A right cylinder is a solid descri* bed by the revolution of a rectangle about one of its sides. The ends or bases are evidently... | |
 | A. Bell - Conic sections - 1837 - 180 pages
...revolves ; and its base is the circle described by the revolving side containing the right angle. ' 13. A right cylinder is a solid described by the revolution of a rectangle about one of its sides, which remains fixed. The axis of the cylinder is the fixed line about which the rectangle revolves... | |
 | Commissioners of National Education in Ireland - Measurement - 1837 - 284 pages
...equal and parallel. 6. A cylinder is a round solid, having circular ends, and may be conceived to be described by the revolution of a rectangle about one of its sides, which remain fixed. 7. A pyramid is a solid, having a plane figure for its base ; and whose sides are... | |
 | Euclid, James Thomson - Geometry - 1837 - 410 pages
...base of a cone is the circle described by the leg which revolves. 24. A cylinder is a solid figure described by the revolution of a rectangle about one of its sides, which remains fixed. 25. The axis of a cylinder is the fixed straight line about which the rectangle... | |
 | J. M. Scribner - Measurement - 1844 - 130 pages
...DEFINITIONS. ART. 49. 1. A Right Cylinder is a solid, having equal and parallel circles for its ends, and is described by the revolution of a rectangle about one of its sides. Thus, EF (fig. I) is a right cylinder. 2. The Jlxis of a cylinder is a line passing through the centre,... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1845 - 444 pages
...If the base be a triangle, it is a triangular pyramid. If a square, it is a square pyramid. VII. A cylinder is a solid described by the revolution of a rectangle about one of its sides remaining fixed ; which side is named the axis ; and either of the circles described by its adjacent... | |
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A cylinder is a solid described by the revolution of a rectangle about one of its sides, which remains fixed. 
