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Solid Geometry


That portion of geometry dealing with solids, as opposed to plane geometry. Solid geometry is concerned with polyhedra, spheres, three-dimensional solids, lines in three-space, planes, and so on.


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References

Altshiller-Court, N. Modern Pure Solid Geometry. New York: Chelsea, 1979.Bell, R. J. T. An Elementary Treatise on Coordinate Geometry of Three Dimensions. London: Macmillan, 1926.Cohn, P. M. Solid Geometry. New York: Routledge, 1968.Dresden, A. Solid Analytical Geometry and Determinants. New York: Dover, 1964.Farin, G. E. and Hensford, D. The Geometry Toolbox for Graphics and Modeling. Wellesley, MA: A K Peters, 1997.Frost, P. Solid Geometry, 3rd ed. London: Macmillan, 1886.Harris, J. W. and Stocker, H. "Solid Geometry." Ch. 4 in Handbook of Mathematics and Computational Science. New York: Springer-Verlag, pp. 95-116, 1998.Kenison, E. and Bradley, H. C. Descriptive Geometry. New York: Macmillan, 1935.Kern, W. F. and Bland, J. R. Solid Mensuration with Proofs, 2nd ed. New York: Wiley, 1948.Lines, L. Solid Geometry, with Chapters on Space-Lattices, Sphere-Packs, and Crystals. New York: Dover, 1965.Rouché, E. and de Comberousse, C. Traité de Géométrie, nouv. éd., vol. 2: Géométrie dans l'espace. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1922.Salmon, G. Treatise on the Analytic Geometry of Three Dimensions, 6th ed. London: Longmans Green, 1914.Shute, W. G.; Shirk, W. W.; and Porter, G. F. Solid Geometry, with Chapters on Space-Lattices, Sphere-Packs, and Crystals. New York: American Book Co., 1960.Weisstein, E. W. "Books about Solid Geometry." http://www.ericweisstein.com/encyclopedias/books/SolidGeometry.html.Wentworth, G. A. and Smith, D. E. Solid Geometry, with Chapters on Space-Lattices, Sphere-Packs, and Crystals. Boston, MA: Ginn and Company, 1913.

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