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 90
t XX andYY be two bars fixed at right angles to each other. Let any one of theradiant lines, as OP, represent a ruler, grooved on the under side so as toslide on the head of a pin fixed in the bar YY, at O. Let there be afixed pin on the under side of the ruler, as at F, which can slide in agroove… … 8S. JPvoh. To produce the equation of the Conchoid of Nicomedes. Solution. —Let P, Fig. 62, be any point in the locus referred to the axesXX, Y Y; and let its co-ordinates A E and PE, be tc and y. Let A B = a, andAO = 6. Produce PE till it meets OD drawn parallel to AX. Now, by simi-lar triangles,…
Geometry, Analytic · Calculus
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