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VARIOUS FORMS OF BUILDING.

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3rd. In the case of a right circular solid cylinder, fractured from its horizontal base.

Here , the diameter of the cylinder,

;

therefore

(XXV.)

4th. In the case of a hollow parallelopiped, fractured from its horizontal base.

Assuming the thickness of the walls small, as before, and being that side of the parallelopiped, which is the axis of inceptive rotation,

;

therefore

(XXVI.)

5th. In the case of a hollow square prismatic tower, fractured from its base.

Then, , and (Eq. XXVI.) becomes

(XXVII.)
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