 | George Edward Atwood - Arithmetic - 1894 - 396 pages
...whose surface tapers uniformly to a point called the vertex. 462. The Altitude of a pyramid or cone is the perpendicular distance from the vertex to the plane of the base. 463. The Slant Height of a pyramid or cone is the perpendicular distance from the vertex to the perimeter... | |
 | Anson Kent Cross - Mechanical drawing - 1895 - 216 pages
...lateral edges. The Axis of a pyramid is a straight line connecting the vertex and the centre of the base. The ALTITUDE of a pyramid is the perpendicular distance from the vertex to the base. Quadrant. See Circle. Quadrilateral. A plane figure bounded by four straight lines. These lines... | |
 | Anson Kent Cross - Drawing - 1895 - 172 pages
...lateral edges. The Ax1s of a pyramid is a straight line connecting the vertex and the centre of the base. The ALTITUDE of a pyramid is the perpendicular distance from the vertex to the base. Quadrant. See Circle. Quadrilateral. A plane figure bounded by four straight lines. These lines... | |
 | Andrew Wheeler Phillips, Irving Fisher - Geometry - 1896 - 570 pages
...the sum of the perimeters of its bases and its slant height. Hint. — Apply § 396. G94. Def. — The altitude of a pyramid is the perpendicular distance from the vertex to the plane of the base. PROPOSITION XVIII. THEOREM G95. If a pyramid is cut by a plane parallel to its base : I. The lateral... | |
 | J. R. Bevis - Geometry - 1896 - 174 pages
...polygon. 99. An oblique pyramid is one whose altitude is not perpendicular to the center of the base. 100. The altitude of a pyramid is the perpendicular distance from the vertex to the plane of its base. 101. The slant-height of a pyramid is the altitude of its triangular faces. 102. A frustum... | |
 | Andrew Wheeler Phillips, Irving Fisher - Geometry - 1897 - 376 pages
...the sum of the perimeters of its bascs^ and its slant height. /««/.— Apply % 375 6'o.9. Def. — The altitude of a pyramid is the perpendicular distance from the vertex to the plane of the base. PROPOSITION XVIII. THEOREM 660. If a pyramid is cut by a plane parallel to its base : I. The lateral... | |
 | James Howard Gore - Geometry - 1898 - 232 pages
...VB, etc., the Lateral edges, and the area of the lateral surface is called the Lateral Area. CB 437. The Altitude of a pyramid is the perpendicular distance from the vertex to the plane of the base. 439. A triangular pyramid has but four faces, and is called a Tetraedron; any one of its faces can... | |
 | Webster Wells - Geometry - 1899 - 196 pages
...is called the base of the cone, and the conical surface the lateral surface. The altitude of a cone is the perpendicular distance from the vertex to the plane of the base. The axis of a circular cone is a straight line drawn from the vertex to the centre of the base. A right... | |
 | Webster Wells - Geometry - 1899 - 424 pages
...the lateral edges. The sum of the areas of the lateral faces is called the lateral area. The altitude is the perpendicular distance from the vertex to the plane of the base. 503. A pyramid is called triangular, quadrangular, etc., according as its base is a triangle, quadrilateral,... | |
 | 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... | |
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The height of a cone is the perpendicular distance from the vertex to the plane of the base. 
