The mechanical engineer's pocket-book. A reference-book of rules, tables, data, and formulæ, for the use of engineers, mechanics, and students (1910)
Kent, William, 1851-1918 · New York, J. Wiley & sons · leaf 95
ugate axis, as shown indot-lining. Place a pencil inside thecord as at H, and guiding the pencilin this way, keeping the cord equallyin tension, carry the pencil round thepins F, G, and so describe theellipse. Note. — This method is employedin setting off elliptical garden-plots,walks, etc. 2d… … Fig. 45, GEOMETRICAL PROBLEMS. 47 Place the slip so as to bring the point 5 on the line A B of the transverseaxis, and the point c on the line D E; and set off on the drawing the posi-tion of the point a> Shifting the slip so that the point b travels on thetransverse axis, and the point c on the…
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