 A pyramid (Fig. 54) is a solid whose base is a polygon and whose sides are triangles uniting at a common point, called the vertex.  Everyday Arithmetic - Page 205by Franklin Sherman Hoyt, Harriet E. Peet - 1920Full view - About this book
 | American School (Lansing, Ill.) - Algebra - 1902 - 80 pages
...will the above boiler hold if it contains no tubes ? Ans. 2,047 gallons. PYRAHID. 254. A pyramid is a solid whose base is a polygon and whose sides are triangles. 255. The vertices of the triangles meet to form the vertex of the pyramid. 256. The altitude of the... | |
 | American School (Chicago, Ill.) - Engineering - 1903 - 426 pages
...will the above boiler hold if it contains no tubes ? Ans. 2,047 gallons. PYRAHiD. 254. A pyramid is a solid whose base is a polygon and whose sides are triangles. 255. The vertices of the triangles meet to form the vertex of the pyramid. 256. The altitude of the... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - Arithmetic - 1904 - 656 pages
...water.line. , ( (a) 56.4 cu. ft. Ans. I (*) 800 gal. THE PYRAMID AND CONE. 93. A pyramid (Fig. 54) is a solid whose base is a polygon and whose sides are triangles uniting at a common point, called the vertex. 94. A cone (Fig. 55) is a solid whose base is a circle... | |
 | Education - 1914 - 220 pages
...piece of gold 5 cm. in diameter and 6 mm. thick, (1 cu. cm. of gold weighs 19.3 g.) PYRAMIDS AND CONES. A solid whose base is a polygon and whose sides are triangles meeting in a common point is a pyramid. each eight centimeters and its height ten centimeters. How... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Sisk - Arithmetic - 1905 - 224 pages
...the radius for its altitude, and with the altitude of the cylinder for its length. 275. A pyramid is a solid whose base is a polygon, and whose sides are triangles meeting in a point called the vertex. The altitude is the shortest distance from the vertex (called... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - Building - 1906 - 634 pages
...96, V = 38.48 X 11 = 423.28 cu. in., the volume. Ans. THE PYRAMID AND CONE 97. A pyramid, Fig. 54, is a solid whose base is a polygon, and whose sides are triangles uniting at a common point, called the vertex. If the base is a regular polygon, and the sides have... | |
 | John Henry Walsh - Arithmetic - 1908 - 314 pages
...diameter and 7 inches high ? How many cubic inches in its volume ? PYRAMIDS AND CONES. 453. A pyramid is a solid whose base is a polygon, and whose sides are triangles terminating in a common vertex. 454. A cone is a solid sloping regularly to its vertex from a circular base. Fro. 6. 455. In... | |
 | Lorenzo Dow Harvey - Arithmetic - 1909 - 412 pages
...The altitude of a prism or a cylinder is the perpendicular distance between its bases. A pyramid is a solid whose base is a polygon, and whose sides are triangles meeting at the vertex. CYLINDER SOLIDS The altitude of a pyramid is the distance from the vertex to... | |
 | Henry John Spooner - Geometrical drawing - 1911 - 196 pages
...cube-like solid, such as a square or rectangular slab (Fig. 601). A Pyramid (Egyptian word) (Fig. 599) is a solid whose base is a polygon, and whose sides are triangles, their apices meeting in one point called the apex or vertex of the pyramid. When the axis is inclined... | |
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