The British encyclopedia, or, Dictionary of arts and sciences, Volume 3C. Whittingham, 1809 |
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... FRUSTUM , in mathematics , a part of some solid body separated from the rest . The frustum of a cone is the part that remains , when the top is cut off by a plane parallel to the base ; and is otherwise call- ed a truncated cone . The ...
... FRUSTUM , in mathematics , a part of some solid body separated from the rest . The frustum of a cone is the part that remains , when the top is cut off by a plane parallel to the base ; and is otherwise call- ed a truncated cone . The ...
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... frustum . A frustum or portion of any solid , gene- rated by the revolution of any conic sec- tion upon its axis , and terminated by any two parallel planes , may be thus compared to a cylinder of the same altitude , and whose base is ...
... frustum . A frustum or portion of any solid , gene- rated by the revolution of any conic sec- tion upon its axis , and terminated by any two parallel planes , may be thus compared to a cylinder of the same altitude , and whose base is ...
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