Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Dedication
- PREFACE
- HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION
- NOTATION
- PART I SPECIAL CURVES
- 1 The Parabola
- 2 The Ellipse
- 3 The Hyperbola
- 4 The Cardioid
- 5 The Limaçon
- 6 The Astroid
- 7 The Nephroid
- 8 The Deltoid
- 9 The Cycloid
- 10 The Right Strophoid
- 11 The Equiangular Spiral
- 12 The Lemniscate of Bernoulli
- 13 The Tractrix and Catenary
- PART II WAYS OF FINDING NEW CURVES
- FURTHER READING
- GLOSSARY
- INDEX OF NAMES
- INDEX OF SUBJECTS
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Dedication
- PREFACE
- HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION
- NOTATION
- PART I SPECIAL CURVES
- 1 The Parabola
- 2 The Ellipse
- 3 The Hyperbola
- 4 The Cardioid
- 5 The Limaçon
- 6 The Astroid
- 7 The Nephroid
- 8 The Deltoid
- 9 The Cycloid
- 10 The Right Strophoid
- 11 The Equiangular Spiral
- 12 The Lemniscate of Bernoulli
- 13 The Tractrix and Catenary
- PART II WAYS OF FINDING NEW CURVES
- FURTHER READING
- GLOSSARY
- INDEX OF NAMES
- INDEX OF SUBJECTS
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- Book of Curves , pp. 35 - 44Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1961