- Retort by Webster's
... operations or a cylinder or semicylinder of cast iron for the manufacture of gas in gas works.(n.) To return, as an argument, accusation, censure or incivility; as, to retort the charge of vanity.(v.i.) To return an argument or a charge; to make a severe reply.(v.t.) The return of or reply to, an argument, charge, censure, incivility, taunt or witticism; a quick and ...
- Mathematical Papyruses by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
... of the lateral surface of a semicylinder with altitude equal to its diameter (or, possibly, the surface of a hemisphere) is calculated. This is the first example in the mathematical literature involving the determination of the area of a curved surface.The mathematical papyruses shed light on the mathematical knowledge of ancient Egypt.REFERENCESBobynin, V. V...
- Papyruses, Mathematical by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
... of the lateral surface of a semicylinder with altitude equal to its diameter (or, possibly, the surface of a hemisphere) is calculated. This is the first example in the mathematical literature involving the determination of the area of a curved surface.The mathematical papyruses shed light on the mathematical knowledge of ancient Egypt.REFERENCESBobynin, V. V...