Practical plane and solid geometry for advanced students, including graphic statics, adapted to the requirements of the South Kensington syllabus (1899)
Harrison, Joseph, Baxandall, George Albert · London Macmillan · leaf 332
ing with a rectangular face on the ground, and draw asectional elevation on a vertical plane bisecting the axis at anangle of 450. 3. A cylindrical cheese is 16 diameter, and 5 thick. A wedge- shaped piece is cut out by two planes containing the axis andincluding an angle of 500. Draw the plan of… … 270. Problem.—To find the projections of the shortestline on a given developable surface, connecting two givenpoints on the surface. First read Prob. 271. The line in question developsinto a straight line, joining the developments of the points.For the length of the line on the surface is equal to…
