Scribner's engineers' and mechanics' companion : comprising United States' weights and measures : mensuration of superficies and solids ... the mechanical powers ... steam and the steam engine (1848)
Scribner, J. M · New York : Huntington and Savage · leaf 60
ply the perimeter of the base into the altitude, andthe product will be the convex, or lateral surface.When the entire surface of the prism is required, ^/^!i|add to the convex surface the area of the bases. Example.—Required the lateral surface of aprism whose base is a regular hexagon, and… … 58 MENSURATION PROBLEM II. To find the Solidity of a Cube or Right Prism. Rule.—Multiply the area of the base by the perpendicular height,and the product will be the solid contents. Note. The capacity of a vessel, in gallons or bushels, of any given dimensions,may be readily ascertained by…
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