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1981 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
The Sphere and Related Examples
Author : A. B. Emary, F.B.I.C.C.
Published in: A Comprehensive Practical Geometry for Builders
Publisher: Macmillan Education UK
Included in: Professional Book Archive
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The last of the geometrical solids to be dealt with in this book is the sphere. It is in the shape of a tennis ball and any section through this solid, in which ever way it is directed, is circular. Figure 263 shows the plan, elevation and side elevation of a sphere which has been cut in two directions. The plan shows the positions of the two cuts and the two elevations show their shapes, which are circles. Figure 263