Posts tagged 'prism'

G.537 prism

A:term:**prism** <prism> is a:term:solid figure <G.529> contained by:term:planes <G.7> two of which, namely those which are opposite, are equal, similar and:term:parallel <G.52>, while the rest are parallelograms.

G.538 parallelepipedal solid cut

If a parallelepipedal solid be cut by a plane through the diagonals of the opposite planes, the solid is bisected by the plane.

G.539 parallelepipedal solids base

Parallelepipedal solids which are on the same base and of the same height, and in which the extremities of the sides which stand up are on the same segments, are equal.

G.550 there prisms equal

If there be two prisms of equal height, and one have a parallelogram as base and the other a triangle, and if the parallelogram be double of the triangle, the prisms is equal.

G.554 pyramid triangular base

Any pyramid which has a triangular base is divided into two pyramids equal and similar to one another, similar to the whole and having triangular bases, and into two equal prisms; and the two prisms are greater than the half of the whole pyramid.

G.555 there pyramids height

If there be two pyramids of the same height which have triangular bases, and each of them be divided into two pyramids equal to one another and similar to the whole, and into two equal prisms, then, as the base of the one pyramid is to the base of the other pyramid, so will all the prisms in the one pyramid be to all the prisms, being equal in multitude, in the other pyramid.

G.556 pyramids height triangular

Pyramids which are of the same height and have triangular bases are to one another as the bases.

G.558 prism triangular base

Any prism which has a triangular base is divided into three pyramids equal to one another which have triangular bases.

G.559 similar pyramids triangular

Similar pyramids which have triangular bases are in the triplicate ratio of their corresponding sides.

G.563 cone part cylinder

Any cone is a third part of the cylinder which has the same base with it and equal height.