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Curves

Mathematical idealization of the trace left by a moving point

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    The curves of life : being an account of spiral formations and their application to growth in nature, to science, and to art; with special reference to the manuscripts of Leonardo da Vinci / by Theodore Andrea Cook.

    Theodore Andrea Cook | Date: 1914
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    Epistola ad amicum [i.e. James Wilson] de Cotesii inventis, curvarum ratione, quae cum circulo et hyperbola comparationem admittunt. [With appendix.] / [Anon].

    Henry Pemberton | Date: 1722
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    Nuovi istromenti per la descrizione di diverse curve antiche e moderne; et di molte altre, che servir possono alla speculazione de' geometri, ed all'uso de'pratici. Col progetto di due nuove macchine per la nautica ed una per la meccanica, e con alcune osservazioni sopra de' poligioni rettilinei regolari / Del conte Giambatista Suardi.

    Suardi, Giambatista, 1711-1767. | Date: 1752
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    Curvology : the origins and power of female body shape / David Bainbridge.

    David Bainbridge | Date: 2015

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