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11. A pyramid whose base is a triangle, is palled a titan-gular pyramid ; if the base is a quadrangle, it is called aquadrangular pyramid ; if a pentagon, it is called a petagonalpyramid; if the base is a hexagon, it is called a hexagonalpyramid; &c. 12. The altitude of a pyramid, is… … 13. When the base of a pyramid is a.regular polygon, andthe perpendicular SO passes through the middle point of thebase, the pyramid is called a right pyramid, and the lineSO is called the axis BOOK VI. J2U Pyramid and Cylinder. 14. The slant height of a rightpyramid, is a line drawn from the…
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