Analytic geometry and principles of algebra (1913)
Ziwet, Alexander, 1853-1928, Hopkins, Louis Allen, joint author, Hedrick, E. R. (Earle Raymond), 1876-1943 · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 348
of revolution),the ellipsoid of revolution is called prolate; if a < b, it iscalled oblate. In astronomy the ellipsoid of revolution isoften called spheroid, the surfaces of the planets which areapproximately ellipsoids of revolution being nearly spherical.Thus for the surface of the earth the… … 357. Surfaces of Revolution. A surface that can be gen-erated by the revolution of a plane curve about a line in theplane of the curve is called a surface of revolution. Any suchsurface is fully determined by the generating curve and theposition of the axis of revolution with respect to the curve.…
Geometry, Analytic
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