 | Anthony Nesbit, W. Little - 1822 - 916 pages
...when its ends -are pentagons, &c. 7. A cylinder is a solid conceived to be described by Aerevolution of a right-angled parallelogram about one of its sides, which remains fixed, and is called the axis of tlie cylinder; or it is a solid whose ends are parallel circ'e, and its sides... | |
 | Anthony Nesbit - 1824 - 476 pages
...squares ; a pentagonal prism, when its ends are pentagons, &c. 7. A cylinder is a solid conceived to be described by the revolution of a right-angled parallelogram about one of its sides, which remains fixed, and is called the axis of the cylinder ; or it is a solid whose ends are parallel circles, and its... | |
 | Peter Nicholson - 1826 - 390 pages
...the base of a cone is the circle described by the other leg of the triangle. A CYLINDER is a solid, described by the revolution of a right-angled parallelogram about one of its sides. The side round which the parallelogram revolves is called the axis of the cylinder; and the circles... | |
 | Tobias Ostrander - 1834 - 182 pages
...foot 6 inches, and the length of the prism 16 feet? Ans. 93,53 -f- . DEFINITION. A cylinder is a solid described by the revolution of a right-angled parallelogram about one of its sides which remains fixed. PROBLEM IX. To find the surface of a cylinder. Rule — Multiply the circumference of the end by the... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1837 - 222 pages
...pointed top, called the apex, to the base. 2. Curved Solids. — The cylinder is a solid figure produced by the revolution of a right-angled parallelogram about one of its sides, that side remaining fixed. The axis is the straight line on which the parallelogram revolves. The bases... | |
 | William Whewell - 1838 - 236 pages
...right-angled triangle. A frustum of a cone is a part cut off by a plane parallel to the base. 3. A cylinder is a solid figure described by the revolution of a right-angled...parallelogram about one of its sides which remains fixed. The axis of the cylinder is the fixed straight line. The basis of the cylinder are the circles described... | |
 | Thomas Holliday - 1838 - 404 pages
...solidity of any prism is equal to the product of the base and height. 6. A cylinder is a solid which is described by the revolution of a right-angled parallelogram about one of its sides, which remains fixed, and its ends are two equal and parallel circles. Note 1. If a cylinder be cut by a plane parallel to... | |
 | John Frederic Daniell - 1839 - 606 pages
...CUBE, -ic ; a solid figure contained by six equal squares. CYANOGEN, from icvavos, blue, and ytwdu, to produce; a colourless gas, which burns with a peculiar...ingredient in the pigment called " Prussian blue." CYANURBT or CYANIDE; the compounds of Cyanogen, which are not acid. CYLINDER, -RICAL; a solid figure... | |
 | James Renwick - 1840 - 462 pages
...CUBE, -ic ; a solid figure contained by six equal squares CYANOGEN, from KVOVOI;, blue, and ycvvua, to produce ; a colourless gas, which burns with a...revolution of a right-angled parallelogram, about one of i;s sides which remains fixed. D. DECOMPOSITION ; the resolution of a compound bodf into its component... | |
 | Euclides - 1841 - 378 pages
...is the circle described by that side containing the right angle, which revolves. XXI. A cylinder is a solid figure described by the revolution of a right-angled...parallelogram about one of its sides which remains fixed. XXII. The ai ii of a cylinder is the fixed straight line about which the parallelogram revolves. XXIII.... | |
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A cylinder is a solid figure described by the revolution of a rightangled parallelogram about one of its sides which remains fixed. XXII. The axis of a cylinder is the fixed straight line about which the parallelogram revolves. XXIII. The bases of a cylinder... 
