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" Cycloid. The cycloid is a curve generated by a point on the circumference of a circle which rolls on a straight line tangent to the circle. "
Cyclopedia of Civil Engineering: A General Reference Work on Surveying ... - Page 259
by American School of Correspondence - 1909
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A Dictionary of Science: Comprising Astronomy, Chemistry, Dynamics ...

George Farrer Rodwell - Physical sciences - 1871 - 620 pages
...celebrated in the history of Dynamics. The curve in this case is a cycloid, that is, the curve traced out by a point on the circumference of a circle which rolls on a straight line. BRAKE. (German, brake.) A piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction, or by locking...
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The Quarterly Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, Volume 13

Mathematics - 1875 - 420 pages
...radius of curvature ; but the conclusion is verified by the known properties of cycloids and trochoids. A point on the circumference of a circle which rolls on a straight line has a cusp in its path at the point where it comes to the straight line. This cusp is a point of zero...
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Working Drawings and how to Make and Use Them: Designed for Industrial ...

Lewis Muhlenberg Haupt - Mechanical drawing - 1881 - 84 pages
...curve is a prolate cycloid; if without, a curtate or contracted cycloid. *32. THE EPICYCLOID is the curve generated by a point on the circumference of a circle which rolls around another. If the gencrating circumference moves upon the outside of the fundamental circle, the...
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Mechanical Graphics: A Second Course in Mechanical Drawing

George Halliday - Mechanical drawing - 1889 - 298 pages
...inch diameter rolling along a straight line. This curve is called the superior trochoid. Ex. 154. Draw a curve generated by a point on the circumference of a circle i inch diameter rolling on a circle 3 inches diameter. This curve is called the epicycloid. Ex. 155....
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Junior Course in Mechanical Drawing

William Henry Thorne - Mechanical drawing - 1890 - 76 pages
...certain ROLLED CURVES, which are useful in mechanics, and an understanding of which is important. A CYCLOID is a curve generated by a point on the circumference of a circle rolling upon a straight line without slipping. Draw a horizontal base line and above it a circle 2...
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Geometrical Exercises in Paper Folding

Tandalam Sundara Rao - Geometry - 1893 - 131 pages
...circumference traces out the curve called a Trochoid. THE EPICYCLOID. 20. An Epicycloid is the path described by a point on the circumference of a circle which rolls on the circumference of another fixed circle touching it on the outside. THE HYPOCYCLOID. 21. If the rolling...
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A Text-book on Applied Mechanics: Specially Arranged for the Use ..., Volume 1

Andrew Jamieson - Mechanical engineering - 1895 - 446 pages
...which rolls on the Convex arc of another circle. DEFINITION. — A Hypocycloid is a curve traced out by a point on the circumference of a circle which rolls on the Concave arc of another circle. The forms of these curves will be understood from the accompanying...
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Mechanical Drawing

Charles F. Jackson - Mechanical drawing - 1896 - 112 pages
...their intersection will be the centre for a b. Repeat this for cd, dc, etc. Fig. 4o. — An epicycloid is a curve generated by a point on the circumference of a circle rolling on the exterior of another circle. Let the circle of which i' is the centre and i' d the radius...
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An Elementary Treatise on Cubic and Quartic Curves

Alfred Barnard Basset - Curves, Cubic - 1901 - 284 pages
...of a general class of transcendental curves. The Cycloid. 308. The cycloid is the curve traced out by a point on the circumference of a circle which rolls on a straight line. To find the equation of the cycloid. Let a be the radius of the rolling circle CPO, which rolls on...
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T. Sundara Row's Geometric Exercises in Paper Folding

Tandalam Sundara Rao - Geometry - 1901 - 176 pages
...circumference traces out the curve called a trochoid. THE EPICYCLOID. 282. An epicycloid is the path described by a point on the circumference of a circle which rolls on the circumference of another fixed circle touching it on the outside. THE HYPOCYCLOID. When the radius...
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