 | 1902 - 486 pages
...through a cone as shown IH Fig. 1 or through a cylinder as shown in Fig 2, the curve of intersection will be an ellipse. An ellipse may be defined as being...curve generated by a point moving in a plane, the sum of the distances of the point to two fixed points being always constant. The two fixed points are called... | |
 | American School (Chicago, Ill.) - Engineering - 1903 - 414 pages
...through a cone as shown in Fig. 1 or through a cylinder as shown in Fig 2, the curve of intersection will be an ellipse. An ellipse may be defined as being...curve generated by a point moving in a plane, the, sum of the distances of the point to two fixed points being always constant. The two fixed points are called... | |
 | American School (Lansing, Ill.) - Architectural drawing - 1906 - 426 pages
...through a cone as shown in Fig. 1 or through a cylinder as shown in Fig 2, the curve of intersection will be an ellipse. An ellipse may be defined as being...curve generated by a point moving in a plane, the sum of the distances of the point to two fixed points being always constant. The two fixed points are called... | |
 | Drawing - 1906 - 424 pages
...cylinder as shown- in Fig 2, the curve of intersection will be an ellipse. An ellipse may be denned as being a curve generated by a point moving in a plane, the sum of the distances of the point to two fixed points being always constant. The two fixed points are called... | |
 | American School (Chicago, Ill.) - Engineering - 1906 - 580 pages
...cylinder as shown in Fig 2, the curve of intersection will be an ellipse. An ellipse may be denned as being a curve generated by a point moving in a plane, the sum of the distances of the point to two fixed points being always constant. The two fixed points are called... | |
 | American School (Chicago, Ill.) - Engineering - 1906 - 586 pages
...through a cone as shown in Fig. 1 or through a cylinder as shown in Fig 2, the curve of intersection will be an ellipse. An ellipse may be defined as being a curve i/enerated bg a point moving in a plane, tho »um of the distances of the point to two fired points... | |
 | American School (Lansing, Ill.) - Architecture - 1907 - 360 pages
...through a cone as shown in Fig. 1 or through a cylinder as shown in Fig 2, the curve of intersection will be an ellipse. An ellipse may be defined as being...curve generated by a point moving in a plane, the sum of the distances of the point to two fifed points being always constant. The two fixed points are called... | |
 | American School of Correspondence - Civil engineering - 1908 - 474 pages
...through a cone as shown in Fig. 1 or through a cylinder as shown in Fig 2, the curve oi intersection will be an ellipse. An ellipse may be defined as being...curve generated by a point moving in a plane, the sxm of the distances of the point to two fa-ed points being always constant. The two fixed points are... | |
 | American School of Correspondence - Civil engineering - 1909 - 476 pages
...through a cone as shown in Fig. 1 or through a cylinder as shown in Fig 2, the curve of intersection will be an ellipse. An ellipse may be defined as being...constant. The two fixed points are called the foci and lie ou the longest line that can be drawn in the ellipse. One of these points is called a focus. The longest... | |
 | Architecture - 1909 - 468 pages
...cone as shown in Fig. 1 or through a cylinder as shown in Fig 2, the curve of intersection will 1« an ellipse. An ellipse may be defined as being a curve...two fixed points are called the foci and lie on the 50 longest line that can be drawn in the ellipse. One of these points is called a focus. The longest... | |
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Fig. 4. Ellipse. The ellipse is a curve formed by the intersection of a plane and a cone, the plane being oblique to the axis but not cutting the base. If a plane is passed through a cone as shown in Fig. 1 or through a cylinder as shown in Fig 2, the... 
