Illustrates the properties of the cardioid which are connected with the generation as a one-cusped epicycloid. In five parts, it deals with he double generation of the cardioid, the tangents, the normals, the evolute, and a recapitulation of these aspects. Curves mechanically drawn by Jack Peskett.
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ACMI Identifier
001721
Subject categories
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Geometry
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Mathematics
Sound/audio
Silent
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)