Construction Of An Ellipse Tangent To Two Parallel Lines

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An illustration showing how to construct an ellipse parallel to two parallel lines A and B. “Draw a semicircle on AB, draw ordinates in the circle at right angle to AB, the corresponding and equal ordinates for the ellipse to be drawn parallel to the lines, and thus the elliptic curve is obtained as shown by the figure.”

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Albert A. Hopkins Scientific America: Handy Book Of Facts And Formulas (New York: Munn & Co., Inc., 1918) 39

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