The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, Volumes 1-10Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1974 - Reference [1] Propaedia: outline of knowledge and guide to the Britannica.--[2]-[11] Micropaedia: ready reference and index.--[12]-[30] Macropaedia: knowledge in depth. |
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... figures . Cubical parabola ( see 101 ) is one of the canonical forms of cubics studied by Sir Isaac Newton . The special case ( see 102 ) shown in Figure 17 was used by the German philosopher - mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in ...
... figures . Cubical parabola ( see 101 ) is one of the canonical forms of cubics studied by Sir Isaac Newton . The special case ( see 102 ) shown in Figure 17 was used by the German philosopher - mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in ...
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... Figure 26A ) . One form was named " bicorn " and discussed by the British - born U.S. mathematician James Joseph Sylvester in 1864 and by the British mathematician Arthur Cayley three years later ( see 122 ) . Another form has been ...
... Figure 26A ) . One form was named " bicorn " and discussed by the British - born U.S. mathematician James Joseph Sylvester in 1864 and by the British mathematician Arthur Cayley three years later ( see 122 ) . Another form has been ...
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... Figure 34 ) . Its equation was obtained by Leibniz and Huygens in 1691 . The tangents at P , P1 , and P2 on the figure are concur- rent . Euler discovered , in 1744 , that a catenary revolved about its asymptote generates a catenoid ...
... Figure 34 ) . Its equation was obtained by Leibniz and Huygens in 1691 . The tangents at P , P1 , and P2 on the figure are concur- rent . Euler discovered , in 1744 , that a catenary revolved about its asymptote generates a catenoid ...
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