"An oblique cone connecting two parallel pipes of different diameters... the true size of the base is…
A development or rolled out oblique cone using triangulation. The method of triangulation is done by…
Also known as Abies amabilis. A species of fir native to the Pacific Northwest of North America.
Illustration showing a parabola as a curve formed by the intersection of the surface of a cone with…
Diagram of a cone intersected by plane J to form a parabola. Also pictured is a circle formed by the…
Illustration showing the definition of a parabola as a conic section. The plane cuts the cone parallel…
Illustration showing the definition of a parabola as a conic section. The section of a right circular…
An illustration showing the intersection of a plane and a cone. The cone is intersected by a plane parallel…
Diagram showing how to construct a parabola when given the directrix (d), the focus (F) and the eccentricity…
The cones of pinus coulteri are very large, about twelve inches long and six inches in diameter. The…
Also known as Abies magnifica. Native to the mountains of western North America.
Also known as Sequoia sempervirens. An evergreen monoecious tree living between 1200-1800 years or more.
Perpendicular section of mammalian retina. Labels: A, layer of rods and cones; B, outer nuclear layer;…
Cycas revoluta or sago cycad is known as the king sago palm but is not a palm; it is a cycad.
A variety of leaves with scales: "a, the scale-like leaves of the stem of Lathraea squamaria (toothwort);…
Also known as Pinus sylvestris. This image depicts the branchlet and cones of the Scots Pine.
Also known as Pinus sylvestris. The cones of this tree have a dense hue, and are between 1.5 inches…
Also known as Pinus monophylla. The pine cone of a Single-leaf Pinyon.
Also known as Picea sitchensis. The pine cone of the largest species of spruce trees.
Illustration showing the development of a sphere by the perspective of its resolved cones.
Also known as Pinus pungens. The Table Mountain Pine is native to the Appalachian Mountains.
Also known as Pinus contorta, var. murrayana. The pine cone of a Tamarack Pine tree, native to the Cascade…
Also known as Pinus torreyana. The Torrey Pine is the rarest pine species in the United States, and…
Illustration showing intersecting straight lines meeting to form a triangle. It is formed by the intersection…
The most interesting monuments of Etruscan architecture which have been preserved are the tombs. They…
"The cone B would be developed by cutting a right section as S—S whose stretchout will be a circle…
An experimental illustration of the mode of formation of volcanic blister cones composed of viscid lavas.
Also known as Tsuga heterophylla. A species of hemlock native to the west coast of North America.
Also known as Larix occidentalis. A species of larch native to the mountains of western North America.
Also known as Thuja plicata. An evergreen coniferous tree native to western North America.
Also known as Pinus monticola. A pine cone of the Western White Pine tree.
Also known as Abies concolor. Native to the mountains of western North America.
Also known as Picea glauca. A spruce tree native to the northern half of North America.