 | W. H. F. Henry - Questions and answers - 1899 - 440 pages
...distance from the vertex to the circumference of the base. 37. What is a Cylinder f A Cylinder is a solid described by the revolution of a rectangle about one of its sides as an axis. The sides perpendicular to the axis describe circles ; the opposite side describes a curved... | |
 | Euclid - Euclid's Elements - 1904 - 488 pages
...line drawn from the centre to the surface. EUCLIUS ELEMENTS. 23. A right cylinder is a solid figure described by the revolution of a rectangle about one of its sides which remains fixed. The axis of the cylinder is the fixed straight line about which the rectangle revolves. The bases, or ends,... | |
 | Frederick Thomas Hodgson - Architecture, Domestic - 1904 - 370 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... | |
 | Henry John Spooner - Geometrical drawing - 1911 - 196 pages
...solid bounded by one circular and two plane surfaces, and may be conceived to be formed or generated by the revolution of a rectangle about one of its sides, which is fixed, and is called the axis of the cylinder. Either of the two plane surfaces is called the base... | |
 | David Allan Low - Geometrical drawing - 1912 - 468 pages
...C1BCCLAR CYLINDBB. BIGHT C1RCULAR CONE. SI'ULRE. A right circular cylinder may also be denned as a solid described by the revolution of a rectangle about one of its sides, which remains stationary. The fixed line about which the rectangle revolves is the </-/*. and the circles described... | |
 | F. A. Brining, D. N. Avasia - Mechanical drawing - 1913 - 282 pages
...the axis is not perpendicular, the prism or pyramid is termed oblique. A cylinder is a solid figure described by the revolution of a rectangle about one of its sides which remains fixed. The axis of a cylinder is the fixed straight line about which the rectangle revolves. The bases of a cylinder... | |
 | Frederick Thomas Hodgson - 1917 - 696 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... | |
 | Peter Brett - House & Home - 1981 - 196 pages
...solids oblique pyramid right cone oblique cone Circular solids Cylinder A cylinder is a solid figure described by the revolution of a rectangle about one of its sides which remains fixed and is called its axis. The bases or ends of a cylinder are circular in shape. Cone A cone is a solid... | |
 | Peter Brett - House & Home - 1985 - 400 pages
...sloping sides. Circular solids These include cylinders, cones and spheres. Cylinder A solid figure described by the revolution of a rectangle about one of its sides, which remains fixed and is called its axis. The base or ends of a cylinder are circular in shape. Cone A cone is a solid... | |
 | 314 pages
...16 SOLID MENSURATION REVIEW Right Circular Cylinders A right circular cylinder is a solid generated by the revolution of a rectangle about one of its sides which remains fixed. base area x height of the cylinder (i) Volume of the cylinder V = wr2 xh (ii) The lateral surface area... | |
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A right cylinder is a solid described by the revolution of a rectangle about one of its sides. 
