 The altitude of the pyramid is the perpendicular distance from the vertex to the base. A pyramid is called triangular, quadrangular, etc., according to the shape of the base.  Elements of Mechanical Drawing - Page 25by Gardner Chace Anthony - 1894 - 98 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Anson K. Cross - Drawing - 1901 - 200 pages
...The Ax1s of a regular pyramid is a straight line connecting the vertex and the center of the base. The ALTITUDE of a pyramid is the perpendicular distance from the vertex to the base. Quadrilateral. A plane figure bounded by four straight lines. These lines are the sides. The angles... | |
 | 1902 - 486 pages
...FRUSTUM Or PYRAMID. The vertices of the triangles form the vertex of the pyramid. The altitude of the pyramid is the perpendicular distance from the vertex to the base. A pyramid is called triangular, quadrangular, etc., according to the shape of the base. A regular pyramid is... | |
 | American School (Chicago, Ill.) - Engineering - 1903 - 414 pages
...FRUSTUM OK PYRAMID. The vertices of the triangles form the vertex of the pyramid. The altitude of the pyramid is the perpendicular distance from the vertex to the base. A pyramid is called triangular, quadrangular, etc., according to the shape of the base. A regular pyramid is... | |
 | John Williston Cook, Nebraska C. Cropsey - Arithmetic - 1903 - 408 pages
...right pyramid is the distance from the vertex to the middle of the base of one of its faces. The height of a pyramid is the perpendicular distance from the vertex to the base. 467. The convex surface of a pyramid is the sum of the areas of its triangular faces. 468. The volume... | |
 | American School (Chicago, Ill.) - Engineering - 1906 - 580 pages
...FRUSTUM OF PYRAMID. The vertices of the triangles form the vertex of the pyramid. The altitude of the pyramid is the perpendicular distance from the vertex to the base. A pyramid is called triangular, quadrangular, etc., according to the shape of the base. A regular pyramid is... | |
 | American School (Lansing, Ill.) - Architectural drawing - 1906 - 426 pages
...FRUSTUM OF PYRAMID. The vertices of the triangles form the vertex of the pyramid. The altitude of the pyramid is the perpendicular distance from the vertex to the base. A pyramid is called triangular, quadrangular, etc., according to the shape of the base. A regular pyramid is... | |
 | Erwin Herrick Schuyler, James Hixon Van Sickle - Arithmetic - 1906 - 216 pages
...common point for the other faces. The common point is called the vertex. . 3. The altitude of a cone or a pyramid is the perpendicular distance from the vertex to the base. 4. If a cone and a cylinder of equal base and altitude be taken, and each be nicely fitted with a sheet... | |
 | Edward Rutledge Robbins - Geometry - 1907 - 428 pages
...lateral faces. The total area of a pyramid is the sum of the lateral area and the area of the base. The altitude of a pyramid is the perpendicular distance from the vertex to the plane of the base. A triangular pyramid is a pyramid whose base is a triangle. It is called also a... | |
 | American School (Lansing, Ill.) - Architecture - 1907 - 360 pages
...FBUSTUM OF PYRAMID. The vertices of the triangles form the vertex of the pyramid. The altitude of the pyramid is the perpendicular distance from the vertex to the base. A pyramid is called triangular, quadrangular, etc., according to the shape of the base. A regular pyramid is... | |
 | American School of Correspondence - Civil engineering - 1908 - 474 pages
...FEU8TUM OP PYRAMID. The vertices of the triangles form the vertex of the pyramid. The altitude of the pyramid is the perpendicular distance from the vertex to the base. A pyramid is called triangular, quadrangular, etc., according to the shape of the base. A regular pyramid is... | |
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