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Construction Of An Ellipse
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Description: An illustration showing how to construct an ellipse using circle arcs. "Divide the long axis into three equal parts, draw the two circles, and where they intersect one another are the centers for the tangent arcs of the ellipses as shown by the figure."
Source: Albert A. Hopkins Scientific America: Handy Book Of Facts And Formulas (New York: Munn & Co., Inc., 1918) 39
Keywords: geometric construction, construct, geometry, analytic geometry, analytical, ellipse, ellipses, conic sections, conic section, ellipse using circle arcs, circle arc
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