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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 Book of Curves

Edward Harrington Lockwood - Curves - 1967 - 290 pages
...rolling curve is a line-roulette. Fig. 92 Thus the cycloid is a point-roulette, since it is the locus of a point on the circumference of a circle which rolls on a fixed straight line; and it has been shown, on p. 86, that it may also be described as a line-roulette....
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