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" The locus of the middle points of a system of parallel chords in a parabola is called a diameter. "
Oxford, Cambridge and Dublin Messenger of Mathematics - Page 67
1864
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The Mathematical Miscellany, Volumes 1-2

Mathematics - 1836 - 798 pages
...Rules for finding the logarithms of numbers. (5G). QUESTION VI. By . Def. A diameter of a curve is the locus of the middle points of a system of parallel chords. Find the equations of the diameters of the curves represented by the general equation of the second...
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Two Geometrical Memoirs on the General Properties of Cones of the Second ...

Michel Chasles - Cone - 1837 - 564 pages
...consequently HP=2a + r, we have . 2а + r The Hyperbola referred to its Conjugate Diameters. 187- To find the locus of the middle points of a system of parallel chords. Let the chords be parallel to a line CW through the center (fig. 57), whose equation is y — mx ;...
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A Treatise on Conic Sections: And the Application of Algebra to Geometry

John Hymers - Conic sections - 1837 - 486 pages
...is С and radius equal to ^/a* + b3. The Ellipse referred to its conjugate Diameters. 138. To find the locus of the middle points of a system of parallel chords. Let the chords be parallel to a line CD (fig. 45) through fhe center, whose equation is y = mx; then...
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The Educational Magazine

Education - 1840 - 468 pages
.... sin ~~£ 2 2 2 ' c A — BC , o + 4 and sin T..COS.•• = sm — . sm — — ' 9 31 22 8. Find the locus of the middle points of a system of parallel chords of the curve whose equation is aa* + hxy + cy* + dx + ey +/= 0. Heuce show that the curve has generally...
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The Cambridge University Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 1

English literature - 1840 - 528 pages
...Sln T~ ' . c AB C . a+b and sin - . cos — — — = sin — . sin -•;;--• m im £i £i 8. Find the locus of the middle points of a system of parallel chords of the curve whose equation is ax* + bxy + cy* + dx -f ey +f = 0. Hence shew that the curve has generally...
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The Solutions of the Geometrical Problems: Consisting Chiefly of Examples in ...

Thomas Gaskin - Geometry, Analytic - 1847 - 301 pages
...tangents to the latter. Find the locus of the intersections of the latter pairs of tangents. 15. Find the locus of the middle points of a system of parallel chords drawn between an hyperbola and the conjugate hyperbola. 16. If a pair of conjugate diameters of an...
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A Treatise on Analytical Geometry of Tree Dimensions: Containing the Theory ...

John Hymers - Geometry, Analytic - 1848 - 368 pages
...proposed equation must be capable of being resolved into two rational factors of the first degree. 136. The locus of the middle points of a system of parallel chords of any proposed surface is called its diametral surface. This surface will have several sheets, if...
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Problems in Illustration of the Principles of Plane Coordinate Geometry

William Walton - Coordinates - 1851 - 446 pages
...QR.QR' = Zl'\ Similarly gr.gr' = 26'2. De la Hire : Sectwnes Conicm, lib. IV. prop. 34. 2. To find the locus of the middle points of a system of parallel chords drawn between an hyperbola and the conjugate hyperbola. Let two conjugate diameters be taken as axes...
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Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel ..., Volume 66

Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1857 - 644 pages
...intelligible to the great bulk of students; and that mode of investigation which is made to depend on the locus of the middle points of a system of parallel chords is more unexceptionable, as jhe peculiar difficulties of the doctrine of limits are therein almost...
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The Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin Messenger of Mathematics, Volume 1

Mathematics - 1862 - 282 pages
...tangent lines parallel to a is = 0. XXVII. To study the nature of the surface more closely, let us find the locus of the middle points of a system of parallel chords. Let them be parallel to a, then, if ts be the vector of the middle point of one of them, ts + xa. and...
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