Another curve... (fwd)

[Ted Samsel]

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> 
> The curve described by a free-hanging chain (and, contre-TRP, gartered 
> nylon) is not a parabola but a caternary.  Entirely different 
> mathematics, different as knight and dei.
> 
> 		Penelope R.

That's pendulously foucalted!

Ted Samsel....tejas at infi.net
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