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§ 20. | Simultaneous Restraint of Sliding and Turning | 112 |
21. | The Higher Pairs of Elements | 115 |
22. | Higher Pairs.—Duangle and Triangle | 116 |
23. | Point-paths of the Duangle relatively to the Equilateral Triangle | 121 |
24. | Point-paths of the Triangle relatively to the Duangle | 125 |
25. | Figures of Constant Breadth | 129 |
26. | Higher Pairs of Elements.—Equilateral Curve-triangle and Rhombus | 131 |
27. | Paths of Points of the Curve-triangle relatively to the Square | 133 |
28. | Paths described by Points of the Square relatively to the Curve-triangle | 139 |
29. | Higher Pairs of Elements:—other Curved Figures of Constant Breadth | 139 |
30. | General Determination of Profiles of Elements for a given Motion | 146 |
31. | First Method.—Determination of the Profile of one Element, that of the other being arbitrarily assumed |
148 |
32. | Second Method.—Auxiliary Centroids | 152 |
33. | Third Method.—Profiles described by Secondary Centroids | 155 |
34. | Fourth Method.—Point-paths of Elements used as Profiles | 156 |
35. | Fifth Method.—Parallels or Equidistants to the Roulettes as Profiles | 157 |
36. | Sixth Method.—Approximations to Curved Profiles by Circular Arcs. Willis's Method | 160 |
37. | Seventh Method. The Centroids themselves as Profiles of Elements | 163 |
38. | Generalisation of the foregoing Methods | 164 |
Chapter IV. Incomplete Pairs of Elements | 169 | |
§ 39. | Closure of Pairs of Elements by Sensible Forces | 169 |
40. | Force-Closure in the Rolling of Axoids | 171 |
41. | Flectional Kinematic Elements | 173 |
42. | Springs | 176 |
43. | Closure of a Pair of Elements by a Kinematic Chain | 178 |
44. | Complete Kinematic Closure of the Flectional Elements | 183 |
Chapter V. Incomplete Kinematic Chains | 186 | |
§ 45. | Dead Points in Mechanism,—their Passage by Means of Sensible Forces | 186 |
46. | Passage of the Dead Points by Chain-Closure | 188 |
47. | Closure of Kinematic Chains by Pairs of Elements | 191 |