
| PREFACE INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE Deriving Ellipses CHAPTER TWO Deriving Hyperbolas CHAPTER THREE Deriving Parabolas CHAPTER FOUR The Directing Circle Constructing an Ellipse Constructing a Hyperbola Constructing a Parabola Points of Tangency Comparing Conic Curves CHAPTER FIVE Reflective Properties of Solid Conic Curves Ellipsoids Hyperboloids Paraboloids CHAPTER SIX Compound Reflectors Cassegrain Systems Gregorian Systems Using the Cassegrain Principle Compound Reflector Design CHAPTER SEVEN EccentriciW Special Cases CHAPTER EIGHT For Practical Purposes Telescopes Sound Applications Variations Acoustical Applications CHAPTER NINE Unusual Properties of Cones and Conic Curves An Interesting Proof Cones Ellipses Kepler's Laws Orbital Velocities Elliptical Gears Sketching Conics from a Formula Conclusion APPENDIX A Nonparabolic Reflectors for Antennas APPENDIX B Computer Program for Generating Conic Curves |
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