The Cardioid

United Kingdom, 1953

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Illustrates the properties of the cardioid which are connected with the generation as a one-cusped epicycloid. In five parts, it deals with he double generation of the cardioid, the tangents, the normals, the evolute, and a recapitulation of these aspects. Curves mechanically drawn by Jack Peskett.

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Credits

director

Trevor Fletcher

production company

Polytechnic Films

Duration

00:10:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1953

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

001721

Subject categories

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Geometry

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Mathematics

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Silent films

Sound/audio

Silent

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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