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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 Architecture: Architectural drawing. Lettering - Page 55
1912
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A Practical Course in Mechanical Drawing for Individual Study and Shop ...

William Franklin Willard - Mechanical drawing - 1910 - 156 pages
...respective centers. Fig. 42. Exercise 43. — Cycloid. Fig. 43. A curve generated by the motion of a point on the circumference of a circle which rolls on a straight line is called a cycloid. The figure clearly illustrates the construction. Imagine the rolling circle to...
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Appleton's New Practical Cyclopedia: A New Work of Reference Based ..., Volume 2

Marcus Benjamin, Arthur Elmore Bostwick, Gerald Van Casteel, George Jotham Hagar - Encyclopedias - 1910 - 556 pages
...them, Apollonius of Perga imagined the theory of epicycles and deferents. Epicy'cloid, curve traced by a point on the circumference of a circle which rolls on the convex side of a given fixed circle. It belongs to the class of curves called roulettes, and is...
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Practical Geometry and Graphics

David Allan Low - Geometrical drawing - 1912 - 468 pages
...then QOi is infinite and s, , _QO'sxPQ P02_ 73. The Cycloid. — The cycloid is the curve described by a point on the circumference of a circle which rolls on a straight line, the circle and straight line remaining in the same plane. The ordinary geometrical construction for...
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The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts ..., Volume 6

Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1912 - 844 pages
...roulette is traced by a point attached to a curve, which itself rolls without sliding on a fixed curve. A point on the circumference of a circle which rolls on a straight line traces a cycloid; if the circle rolls in or on a circle the roulette is an epicycloid or hypocycloid....
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Mechanical Drawing: Instruction Paper, Part 2

Ervin Kenison - Mechanical drawing - 1916 - 44 pages
...RE' = MSxSF'=NTx TG'. ODONTOIDAL CURVES Cycloidal Curves. 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, as shown at the left, Fig. 92. The rolling circle is called the describing or generating circle, the...
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Cyclopedia of Architecture, Carpentry, and Building: A General ..., Volume 6

Architecture - 1917 - 550 pages
...Curves. Cycloid. The cycloid is a curve generated Fig. £" Construction of Rectangular Hyperbola 45 by a point on the circumference of a circle which...circle, the describing or generating point, and the 7XNGZNT Off O/fiECTOfl Fig. 91. Geometrical Construction for a Cycloid Fig. 92. Geometrical Construction...
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Modern Shop Practice: A General Reference Work, Volume 5

Machine-shop practice - 1917 - 416 pages
...LRxRE' = MSxSF'= NTx TG'. ODONTOIDAL CURVES Cycloidal Curves. 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, as shown at the left, Fig. 93. The rolling circle is called the describing or generating circle, the...
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Sanitary, Heating and Ventilation Engineering: A General Reference ..., Volume 4

Heating - 1918 - 412 pages
...circumference of a circle which rolls on a straight line tangent to the circle, as shown at the left, Fig. 92. The rolling circle is called the describing or generating...circle, the describing or generating point, and the MECHANICAL DRAWING tangent along which the circle rolls, the director. In order that the curve described...
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Sanitary, Heating and Ventilation Engineering: A General Reference ..., Volume 4

Heating - 1918 - 406 pages
...LRxRE' = MSxSF'= NTx TG'. ODONTOIDAL CURVES Cycloidal Curves. 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, as shown at the left, Fig. 92. The rolling circle is called the describing or generating circle, the...
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The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge, Volume 8

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1918 - 846 pages
...roulette is traced by a point attached to a curve, which itself rolls without sliding on a fixed curve. A point on the circumference of a circle which rolls on a straight line traces a cycloid; if the circle rolls in or on a circle the roulette is an epicycloid or hypocycloid....
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