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 78
right SQUARE PRISM, PARALLELOPIPED, Or PARALLELOPIPEDON. Fig. 2. Is its covering stretched out. Fig. 3. Is a triangular prism; its sides are rectangles, and itsends equal triangles. Fig. 4. Is its covering. Prisms derive their names from the shape of their ends, and theangles of their faces, thus :… … ii^.b. Fiq. Jr.