| Alexander Adam - 1794 - 748 pages
...its furface is equally diflant from a point within it called its centre. If we fuppofe a folid to be formed by the revolution of a right-angled parallelogram about one of its fides, it is called a A fpherical figure, not exactly round, is called zfpheroid. 2 Under or roller,... | |
| Alexander Adam - Classical dictionaries - 1802 - 914 pages
...its cemre. A fpherical figure, not exaclly round, is cailed zfpberoiJ. If we fuppofe a folid to be formed by the revolution of a right-angled parallelogram about one of its fides, it is called a cylinder or roller, and the ends of it are equal circles ; but a folid, whofe... | |
| Anthony Nesbit, W. Little - Measurement - 1822 - 916 pages
...when its ends -are pentagons, &c. 7. A cylinder is a solid conceived to be described by Aerevolution of a right-angled parallelogram about one of its sides, which remains fixed, and is called the axis of tlie cylinder; or it is a solid whose ends are parallel circ'e, and its sides... | |
| Anthony Nesbit - Surveying - 1824 - 476 pages
...pentagonal prism, when its ends are pentagons, &c. 7. A cylinder is a solid conceived to be described by the revolution of a right-angled parallelogram about one of its sides, which remains fixed, and is called the axis of the cylinder ; or it is a solid whose ends are parallel circles, and its... | |
| Peter Nicholson - 1826 - 390 pages
...of a cone is the circle described by the other leg of the triangle. A CYLINDER is a solid, described by the revolution of a right-angled parallelogram about one of its sides. The side round which the parallelogram revolves is called the axis of the cylinder; and the circles... | |
| Tobias Ostrander - Measurement - 1834 - 182 pages
...inches, and the length of the prism 16 feet? Ans. 93,53 -f- . DEFINITION. A cylinder is a solid described by the revolution of a right-angled parallelogram about one of its sides which remains fixed. PROBLEM IX. To find the surface of a cylinder. Rule — Multiply the circumference of the end by the... | |
| William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Education, Preschool - 1837 - 222 pages
...pointed top, called the apex, to the base. 2. Curved Solids. — The cylinder is a solid figure produced by the revolution of a right-angled parallelogram about one of its sides, that side remaining fixed. The axis is the straight line on which the parallelogram revolves. The bases... | |
| William Whewell - 1838 - 204 pages
...a cone is a part cut off by a plane parallel to the base. 3. A cylinder is a solid figure described by the revolution of a right-angled parallelogram about one of its sides which remains fixed. The axis of the cylinder is the fixed straight line. The basis of the cylinder are the circles described... | |
| Thomas Holliday - Surveying - 1838 - 404 pages
...any prism is equal to the product of the base and height. 6. A cylinder is a solid which is described by the revolution of a right-angled parallelogram about one of its sides, which remains fixed, and its ends are two equal and parallel circles. Note 1. If a cylinder be cut by a plane parallel to... | |
| John Frederic Daniell - Chemistry - 1839 - 606 pages
...CYANIDE; the compounds of Cyanogen, which are not acid. CYLINDER, -RICAL; a solid figure described by the revolution of a right-angled parallelogram, about one of its sides which remains fixed. DECOMPOSITION ; the resolution of a compound body into its component parts. DECREMENT, from decresco,... | |
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