 | Gilbert Dyer - Arithmetic - 1770 - 240 pages
...Infini'e, it will then be called a Cane : Or, 2I1 . A CONE may be defined to be a Solid, generated by the Revolution of a right-angled Triangle, about one of the Sides which contains the Right Angle. 212. A SPHERE is a Solid made by the Rotation of a Semi Circle about... | |
 | Jeremiah Day - Measurement - 1815 - 388 pages
...distance from one base to the plane of the other. In a right cylinder, it is the length of the axis. II. A right cone is a solid described by the revolution of a right angled triangle about one of the sides which contain the right angle. The base is a circle, and... | |
 | Peter Nicholson - 1826 - 390 pages
...parallel. A PYRAMID is a solid, bounded by plane surfaces, all but one of which meet in one point. A RIGHT CONE is a solid, described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of its legs. The leg, or the une round which the triangle revolves, is called the axis of the cone ; and... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Geometry - 1829 - 256 pages
...DEFINITIONS. 1. The conic sections are such plain figures as are formed by the cutting of a cone. 2. *A. cone is a solid described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle . about one of its legs, which remains fixed. C 3. The axis of the cone is the right line about which the triangle... | |
 | James Hayward - Geometry - 1829 - 228 pages
...upon their homologous measPART SECOND. SECTION II.— Of the Round Bodies. The right cone is generated by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides containing the right-angle, as the triangle SCA (Jig. 140) about the Fig.140. side SC. The hypothenuse SA by this... | |
 | Jeremiah Day - Measurement - 1831 - 520 pages
...distance from one base to the plane of the other. In a right cylinder, it is the length of the axis. II. A right cone is a solid described by the revolution of a right angled triangle about one of the sides which contain the right angle. The base is a circle, and... | |
 | Jeremiah Day - Logarithms - 1831 - 418 pages
...distance from one base to the plane of the other. In a right cylinder, it is the length of the axis. II. A right cone is a solid described by the revolution of a right angled triangle about one of the sides which contain the right angle. The base is a circle, and... | |
 | Tobias Ostrander - Measurement - 1833 - 172 pages
...DEFINITIONS. 1. THE Conic Sections are such plain figures as are formed by the cutting of a cone. 2. A cone is a solid, described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of its legs which remains fixed. 3. The axis of the cone, is the right line about which the triangle revolves.... | |
 | Tobias Ostrander - Measurement - 1834 - 182 pages
...DEFINITIONS. 1. THE Conic Sections are such plain figures as are formed by the cutting of a cone. 2. A cone is a solid, described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of its legs which remains fixed. 3. The axis of the cone, is the right line about which the triangle revolves.... | |
 | Mathematics - 1836 - 366 pages
...falling within the larger tube. 155. A solid is generated by the revolution, through a given angle, of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides containing the right angle; determine the moment of a couple which, acting in the plane of symmetry, will support the solid with... | |
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A cone is a solid figure described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides containing the right angle, which side remains fixed. 
