A text-book of geometrical drawing, for the use of mechanics and schools, in which the definitions and rules of geometry are familiarly explained .. (1850)
Minifie, William, 1805-1880. [from old catalog] · Baltimore, W. Minifie & co. · leaf 23
Jf^Mmns. PLATE II. PLANE RECTILINEAR SUPERFICIES. 13. A Superficies or Surface is considered as an extension oflength and breadth without thickness. 14. A Plane Superficies is an enclosed flat surface that willcoincide in every place with a straight line. It is a succession ofstraight lines^ or to…