Construction Of A Cyma

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An illustration showing how to construct a cyma, or two circle arcs that will tangent themselves, and two parallel lines at given points A and B. “Join A and B; divide AB into four equal parts and erect perpendiculars. Draw Am at right angles from A, and Bn at right angles from B; then m and n are the centers of the circle arcs of the required cyma.”

Source

Albert A. Hopkins Scientific America: Handy Book Of Facts And Formulas (New York: Munn & Co., Inc., 1918) 37

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