 | J. M. Scribner - Mechanical engineering - 1849 - 286 pages
...SPHERE. DEFINITIONS. 1. A. 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. 2. A cone is a solid body, of a true taper from the base to a point, which is called the vertex, and... | |
 | Jeremiah Day - Geometry - 1851 - 418 pages
...43 SECTION IV.* THE CYLINDER, CONE, AND SPHERE. ART. 61. DEFINITION I. A right cylinder is a solid described by the revolution of a rectangle about one of its sides. The ends or bases are evidently equal and parallel circles. And the axis, which is a line passing through... | |
 | Euclides - Geometry - 1853 - 334 pages
...generating triangle including the right angle, which revolves. XXI. A cylinder is the solid figure generated by the revolution of a rectangle about one of its sides, which remains fixed. XXII. The axis of a cylinder is the fixed straight line about which the generating rectangle revolves.... | |
 | Euclides - 1855 - 270 pages
...The base of a cone is the circle which forms one of its boundaries. XXI. A cylinder is a solid figure described by the revolution of a rectangle about one of its sides whieh remains fixed. A cylinder may be defined as a solid figure bounded by two opposite equal and... | |
 | Elias Loomis - Conic sections - 1858 - 256 pages
...three quadrantal triangles, etc. BOOK X. THE THREE ROUND BODIES. Definitions. 1. A cylinder is a solid described by the revolution of a rectangle about one of its sides, which remains fixed-. The bases of the cylinder are the circles described by the two revolving opposite sides of the rectangle.... | |
 | Benjamin Theophilus Moore - Measurement - 1863 - 320 pages
...the surface, and the volume, of a circular cylinder. DEF. A circular cylinder is the solid generated by the revolution of a rectangle about one of its sides which remains fixed : this line is called the axis of the cylinder. From Lemma n. COr. 2, it will bo manifest that a circular... | |
 | Eli Todd Tappan - Geometry, Modern - 1864 - 288 pages
...highi is the distance from the vertex to the circumference of the base. 718. A CYLINDER is a solid described by the revolution of a rectangle about one of its sides as an axis. As in the cone, the sides adjacent to the axis describe circles, while the opposite side... | |
 | William Harris Johnston - 1865 - 478 pages
...derives its name from its resemblance to the shape of a roller ; and may be conceived to be formed by the revolution of a rectangle about one of its sides which remains fixed. The ends of a cylinder, like those of a prism, are equal and parallel figures, — in this ease, circles.... | |
 | Eli Todd Tappan - Geometry - 1868 - 444 pages
...Ttight is the distance from the vertex to the circumference of the base. 718. A CYLINDER is a solid described by the revolution of a rectangle about one of its sides as an axis. As in the cone, the sides adjacent to the axis describe circles, while the opposite side... | |
 | Elias Loomis - Geometry - 1871 - 302 pages
...three quadrantal triangles, etc. BOOK X. THE THREE ROUND BODIES. Definitions. 1. A cylinder is a solid described by the revolution of a rectangle about one of its sides, which remains fixed. The bases of the cylinder are the circles described by the two revolving opposite sides of the rectangle.... | |
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A right cylinder is a solid described by the revolution of a rectangle about one of its sides. 
