Book:E.H. Lockwood/A Book of Curves

E.H. Lockwood: A Book of Curves

Published $\text {1961}$, University Press

Subject Matter

• Definition:Geometry

Contents

Preface

Historical Introduction

Notation

PART 1. 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

14 Conchoids

15 Cissoids

16 Strophoids

17 Roulettes

18 Pedal Curves

19 Negative Pedals

20 Glissettes

21 Evolutes and Involute

22 Spirals

23 Inversion

24 Caustic Curves

25 Bipolar Coordinates

FURTHER READING

GLOSSARY

INDEX OF NAMES

INDEX OF SUBJECTS

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