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This text describes methods of drawing plane curves, beginning with conic sections (parabola, ellipse and hyperbola), and going on to cycloidal curves, spirals, glissettes, pedal curves, strophoids, etc. In general, 'envelope methods' are used.Lockwood, E. H. is the author of 'Book of Curves', published 2007 under ISBN 9780521044448 and ISBN 0521044448.
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