A text book of geometrical drawing : abridged from the octavo edition : for the use of schools in which the definitions and rules of geometry are familiarly explained, the practical problems are arranged from the most simple to the more complex, and in their description technicalities are avoided as much as possible : with an introduction to isometrical drawing : and an essay on linear perspective and shadows ... (1849)
ouldbe equal to twice the length of the revolving sides; theside C. D would describe a uniform surface connectingthe opposite circles together throughout their wholecircumference. The solid so described would be aright cylinder. 2nd. The line A. JS, around which the parallelogramrevolved, is called… … F^.l Fuj.Z. Fig. 3. Sedioiv tliro. M. N. of Fig. 2 .^\ is FiifA.Sedujib H— w Vr Muafir rdirimi k Sons. PLATE XVIII. 59 3rd. If the ends of a cylinder be not at right anglesto its axis, it is called an oblique cylinder. 4th. If a cylinder be cut by any plane parallel to itsaxis, the section will be…