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Definition: Def. 11.22: Axis of a Cylinder

(Definition 22 from Book 11 of Euclid's “Elements”)

And the axis of the cylinder is the stationary straight line about which the rectangle (constructing the cylinder) is turned.

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1. Fitzpatrick, Richard: Euclid's "Elements of Geometry"

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