Construction of an Ellipse

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Illustration of half of an ellipse and its auxiliary circle used to construct an ellipse by points, having given its two axes.

Keywords

ellipse, oval, ellipses, ovals, conic sections, section, construction, radius, focus, center, foci, chords, major axis, minor axis, construct, focal chord, focal radii, corresponding points, auxiliary circle

Galleries

Conic Sections: Ellipses

Source

G.A. Wentworth Plane And Solid Geometry (Boston: Ginn & Company, 1899) 431

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