A general geometry and calculus : including book I. of the general geometry, treating of loci in a plane; and an elementary course in the differential and integral calculus (1881)
Olney, Edward, 1827-1887 · New York : Sheldon and Co. · leaf 88
i-ameter CC, and have GG as a common asymp-tote. ScH. 1.—The name Cissoid is from the Greekand signifies ivy-form. It was applied to thecurve, probably, from its resemblance to thegraceful outline presented by a growth of ivyupon a wall. The locus was invented by the Greekgeometer whose name it… … EQUATIONS OF HIGHER PLANE CURVES. 59 diameter of the circle from which the curve would bedescribed by the definition ; at the centre O erect theperpendicular OL. and take AD = AO = OB. Nowtake a rectangular ruler FEC, whose leg CE = AB, andAvhile the extremity C moves in the line OL. let the legFE…
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