The cycloid is a plane curve formed by a point on a circle as the circle rolls along a straight line. Analytic Geometry - Page 223by Lewis Parker Siceloff, George Wentworth, David Eugene Smith - 1922 - 290 pagesFull view - About this book
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...important curve in applications is the cycloid. This curve is defined as the path traced by any given point on a circle as the circle rolls along a straight line. Thus, if the circle C of Fig. 18-6 rolls along the straight line L, point P on the circle which is... | |
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