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... figure that remain unchanged when the figure is projected onto a plane from a point not on either the plane or the figure . Chasles was made , professor of geodesy and mechanics at the École Polytechnique , Paris , in 1841. His Aperçu ...
... figure that remain unchanged when the figure is projected onto a plane from a point not on either the plane or the figure . Chasles was made , professor of geodesy and mechanics at the École Polytechnique , Paris , in 1841. His Aperçu ...
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... Figure 1 : Simple pivoting hand - operated jib crane A traveling jib crane is one in which the pulley system is suspended from a trolley , or wheeled carriage , moving along the length of the jib , as illustrated in Figure 2. Such trav ...
... Figure 1 : Simple pivoting hand - operated jib crane A traveling jib crane is one in which the pulley system is suspended from a trolley , or wheeled carriage , moving along the length of the jib , as illustrated in Figure 2. Such trav ...
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... figure painting , he had , neverthe- less , put to full use the structural principles of the formal tradition . During the 1870s , most of Degas's figure groups were arranged against fairly extended background space , in which the figures ...
... figure painting , he had , neverthe- less , put to full use the structural principles of the formal tradition . During the 1870s , most of Degas's figure groups were arranged against fairly extended background space , in which the figures ...
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