An ellipsograph is a mechanism that generates the shape of an ellipse. One common form of ellipsograph is known as the trammel of Archimedes. It consists...

geometry, including the ruler, dividers, protractor, set square, compass, ellipsograph, T-square and opisometer. Others are used in arithmetic (for example...

Elliptical trammel (principle) Ellipsograph due to Benjamin Bramer Variation of the paper strip method 2 Most ellipsograph drafting instruments are based...

encyclopaedias. Farey is also remembered as the first English inventor of the ellipsograph, an instrument used by draughtsmen to inscribe ellipses. Farey was the...

in Murray's Hypocyclic Engine. Trammel of Archimedes. Originally an ellipsograph. As a mechanism, it uses the fact that a circle and a straight line are...

axis of an ellipse are determined the ellipse can be drawn using an ellipsograph or by hand (see ellipse). Rytz’s construction is a classical construction...

straightedges, graduated rulers, right triangular rulers, linkages, ellipsographs, French curves, and others. Paper-folding techniques, derived from the...

Equidecon Ponibility Soap Films Geometry in the Sphere Reuleaux triangle Ellipsographs Symmetries of the Cube The Hex Game Descending Washers The Rising Cone...